Captain Marvel Marbled Cheesecake
Captain Marvel Marbled Cheesecake
These picture-perfect cheesecake bars might look complicated, but they're actually very simple to make! Not to mention, they taste amazing!
Inspired by Captain Marvel's tri-colored space suit, these cheesecake bars feature a yellow, blue, and red marbling that truly elevate their appearance out of this world! While cheesecake can be a challenging dessert, this recipe is a breeze! The hardest part will be stopping yourself from eating the whole pan in one go!
Servings: 12 Bars
Prep Time: 0.5 Hours
Total Time: 4 Hours
Ingredients
Crust
18 Graham Crackers, full sheets
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
Cheesecake
1 + 1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 large eggs
32 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
Red, yellow, and blue food coloring
Instructions
Crust: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray.
Crust: Crush 18 full sheets of graham crackers in a food processor. In a large bowl, combine the crushed graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar. Press the graham cracker mixture into the pan using a flat surface.
Crust: Bake the crust for 8 minutes. Allow to cool.
Cheesecake: In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar until well-incorporated. Add vanilla and salt. Add the eggs one at a time, beating in-between additions until batter is smooth.
Cheesecake: Divide cheesecake batter into two portions, one inside a large bowl and the other poured over the cooled graham cracker crust.
Cheesecake: Divide the bowl of cheesecake batter into 3 additional bowls. Dye the batter red, yellow, and blue.
Cheesecake: Using a spoon, pour a line of red cheesecake batter over the plain cheesecake batter in the pan with the graham cracker crust. Then spoon a line of yellow batter, then spoon a line of blue batter, then another line of yellow batter. Repeat the pattern until you have reached the other side of the pan.
Cheesecake: Using a toothpick or a butter knife, drag the knife from the left side of the pan to the right side in a straight line. Move the knife down about an inch and then drag the knife from the left side to the right side in a straight line. Repeat until you reach the end. Then drag the knife from the top to the bottom of the pan in a diagonal line starting from the left and then the right corner so that there are lines of red, yellow, and blue across the entire surface area of the cheesecake.
Cheesecake: Place the pan inside of a larger roasting pan. Pour boiling water in the pan until it comes halfway up the side of the 13x9 pan. Bake in the oven 45 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the oven door ajar. Leave the cheesecake in the oven for 1 hour.
Cheesecake: Remove the cheesecake from the oven and remove the cheesecake pan from the roasting pan. Cover the cheesecake pan with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Enjoy!
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