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cheesecake factory salted caramel cheesecake

Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake Copycat Recipe

Catherine Olson
This recipe is so much better than any cheesecake factory salted caramel cheesecake! It's got all the same flavors but is a lot less work!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 8 slices

Equipment

  • Electric Mixer

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

Cheesecake Batter

  • 16 oz. cream cheese
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons caramel sauce

Caramel Sauce

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 tsp salt or more based on your preference
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Grease an 8" or 9 inch springform pan, including up sides
  • Stir together until melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs until crumbs are coated
  • Press crumbs to bottom and along sides of pan
  • Tip: To achieve the most desirable crust, crumbs should remain flaky and simply rest along sides of pan until batter is poured -- as it bakes the crust will adhere to the cake

Cheesecake Batter

  • Beat together cream cheese, and sugar several minutes until smooth
  • Add whole eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated
  • Add buttermilk, vanilla, honey and caramel sauce and beat again until smooth
  • Pour over crust in pan
  • Bake at Fahrenheit 275° for 1 hour
  • Pour caramel sauce over cheesecake
  • Turn off oven, and let sit in oven for additional 30 minutes with door propped open

Caramel Sauce

  • Bring all ingredients to a boil until soft ball stage, or 5-7 minutes
  • Let rest until mixture stops boiling and rest in pan until cheesecake is finished cooking
  • After 1 hour of cheesecake baking, pour over top of cheesecake, to edges, and let sit in oven for 30 minutes
  • Run knife slowly around the edges before removing outer rim
  • Serve chilled or room temperature
  • Tip: Use sawing motion when cutting cake to serve, to slice through the caramel without spreading and stretching it
Keyword Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake