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Should baking time be adjusted
when using a bain-marie?
Q: Hi Hope, I recently tried a Chocolate Peanut Butter
Cheesecake recipe, while the flavor was amazing the cheesecake
did not cook evenly. I was going to try baking it in a bain-marie
and would like to know if I need to adjust the baking time...the
baking time according to the recipe is 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Thank you, Lisa from Honolulu, Hawaii
A: Hi Lisa, there should be no need for adjusting
the suggested baking time using the method of a bain-marie (water
bath) when baking a cheesecake. Timing in most recipes should
be thought of more as a suggestion than absolute fact. Testing
for doneness is the rule-of-thumb when baking anything..cakes,
cookies, pies, breads and even cheesecakes.
A perfectly baked cheesecake
will be puffed around the edges, yet the center should be slightly
moist and jiggly. Unless otherwise directed by your recipe, turn
the oven off and allow cheesecake to remain in oven, with the
door ajar, for 30 minutes or until center is completely set.
Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack away
from drafts before refrigerating.
Enjoy the recipes,
Hope Pryor, Owner and Publisher
of CooksRecipes.com.
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Hope Pryor is the
owner and publisher of CooksRecipes.com and editor of its enewsletter,
The Daily Recipe. She has had several years of schooling in the
home arts and cooking and has over 30+ years of hands-on experience
in her own kitchen mastering her cooking skills which earned
her a reputation as an excellent and knowledgeable cook among
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