8 ounce cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup white sugar

One pinch fine salt

1 tablespoons cake flour

1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/3cup +1tbsp heavy cream

1tsp lemon zest

1.5 tsps lemon juice

Directions

Instructions Checklist Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Spray a 6-inch cake pan with oil. Cut a sheet of parchment paper large enough to line the inside of the pan by a few extra inches. Press it into the pan, flattening any major creases. Trim away any excess paper from the sides until you have an inch or two of overhang.

Combine cream cheese, sugar, salt, and flour in a bowl. Stir and smear together with a spatula until very smooth and creamy. Add vanilla extract and 1 egg; whisk to combine. Whisk in remaining egg, Pour in heavy cream, lemon juice and zest and mix until smooth.

Pour batter into the prepared pan. Tap the pan against the counter to burst any excess air bubbles.

Bake in the preheated oven until puffed, very well browned, and nearly burned on the edges, 30to 35 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 more minutes.

Let cheesecake cool to room temperature, at least 25 minutes. Lift out onto a plate and peel back parchment paper. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. overnight preferred.

8 盎司奶油乳酪, 軟化

1/3 杯白糖

一小撮細鹽

1湯匙蛋糕粉

1/3茶匙香草提取物

2個大雞蛋,室溫

1/3杯+1湯匙重奶油

1茶匙 檸檬皮

1.5茶匙 檸檬汁

做法：

將烤箱預熱至 400 華氏度(200 攝氏度)。

用油噴一個 6 英寸的蛋糕盤。切一張羊皮紙,大到足以將鍋內都遮住再多幾英寸。將其壓入平底鍋中,將摺痕壓平。從側面修剪掉多餘的紙張,直到有一英寸或兩英寸的多餘。

將奶油乳酪、糖、鹽和麵粉混合在碗中。用鏟子攪拌均匀直到非常光滑。加入香草提取物和1個雞蛋繼續攪拌結合。將剩下的一個雞蛋加入攪拌,倒入重奶油，檸檬汁和皮混合至光滑。

將麵糊倒入準備好的平底鍋中。將平底鍋輕輕拿起在桌面上震幾下，將多餘的氣泡震走。

在預熱烤箱中烘烤,直到膨漲顔色成深棕色介於幾乎燒毀的邊緣,30至35分鐘。將烤箱溫度升高至 425 華氏度(220 攝氏度),再烤10 分鐘。

讓乳酪蛋糕冷卻到室溫,至少25分鐘。提出剝掉羊皮紙。冷藏冰箱至徹底冷卻。隔夜更佳。

I’ve been wanting to make a number cake for such a long time. But I don’t like the idea of using cookies for base. I believe a lot of people have the same thought when it comes to cutting the cake. It is cookie, how do you cut it without breaking it? how do you cut it evenly? So, the thought of making one faded after a while until recently I saw another beautiful one. I started think really hard and I decided to make a cake base instead of cookie base.

I wanted to make a letter cake for my birthday 2 weeks ago, but my birthday day is my all I can eat junk food day so I didn’t have extra stomach for cake. And this week I finally decided to make one because today is my Chinese Lunar birthday. The fun part is decorating. I should have bought some fresh flower to make it better looking.

This cake is easier than it seems. I use below cake recipe for base, and I made 1.5 times as much of batter for my letter cake( depends on how big you want to make your cake, adjust accordingly):

https://caiqinchen.com/2017/06/07/sponge-cake%e6%b5%b7%e7%bb%b5%e8%9b%8b%e7%b3%95/

The Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Frosting:

12 oz. cream cheese

1/2 to 2/3 cup sugar

1.5 cups heavy cream

1.5 tsp Vanilla extra

Add cream cheese and sugar together and mix them with a electronic mixer until creamy.

Add vanilla extra and heavy cream and continue to mix until firm about 4 minutes.

Assembly:

1.  placing one layer of the letter onto a cake platter. Using a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip, pipe the whipped cream frosting over the cake in dollops. You can choose to evenly spread the frosting too, I don’t have a round tip, so I used one that is similar.
2. Place the second layer of the letter cake on top of frosting. Pipe some more frosting on top in dollops.
3. Finally, decorate the cake with your desired toppings. I used fresh fruit, M&M, chocolate, fake macarons that are made of marzipan,  I also use marzipan to make some fruits.

Tips:

If you are making a number cake, this recipe is good, if you are making double digits, make sure you double everything.

我一直想做一个数字蛋糕。但我不喜欢用饼干做底。当要切蛋糕的时候我相信很多人都有同样的想法。它是饼干 你怎么切它而不会碎呢？你怎么可以切得均匀呢？后来我也就忘记了要去做，直到最近我看到了另一个漂亮的数字蛋糕。我就很努力的想要怎么做，后来我决定做一个蛋糕底的。

2周前 我想为我自己的生日做一个字母蛋糕, 但我的生日那天是我吃垃圾食品的时候, 所以我没有额外的胃容量来装蛋糕了。这个星期我终于决定做一个因为今天是我的农历生日。做这个蛋糕最有趣的部分是装饰。我应该买些鲜花让它看起来更漂亮。

这个蛋糕比看起来容易。我用下面的蛋糕食谱做的基底, 我做了1.5 倍的面糊 (取决于你的蛋糕大小相应 调整):

https://caiqinchen.com/2017/06/07/sponge-cake%e6%b5%b7%e7%bb%b5%e8%9b%8b%e7%b3%95/

奶油乳酪奶油霜:

12盎司奶油乳酪

1/2 到2/3 杯糖

1.5 杯动物奶油

1.5 茶匙香草精

加奶油奶酪和糖在一大盆里，用电子搅拌器搅拌在一起, 直到奶油变软。

添加香草精和奶油, 并继续混合, 直到硬挺约4分钟。

装配：

把一层字母基底放在蛋糕盘上。用一个装着大圆尖挤奶油嘴的糕点袋里装上奶油霜。你可以选择均匀的涂抹奶油霜在基底上, 我没有圆尖的奶油嘴, 所以我用了一个类似的。把奶油均匀的挤在第一层的基底上。
将字母蛋糕的第二层放在挤好奶油霜的第一层上。再在第二层上挤奶油霜。
最后, 用你想要的配料装饰蛋糕。我用了新鲜水果, M&M巧克力, 巧克力, 由杏仁糖制成的假马卡龙 , 我也用杏仁糖做一些水果。

技巧：

如果你是做一个数字蛋糕, 这个食谱也可以了, 如果你是做两位数的, 那你材料要加一倍的量了。