✨🎀🍓Almond Strawberry Cheesecake with shortbread Crust🍓✨🧈
Ingredients
Strawberry Glaze🍓
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, chopped
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
Shortbread Crust🧈✨
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temp
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Almond Cheesecake Filling✨💋
- 16 oz cream cheese soften
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla paste
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- ¼ 1/4 heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix flour, powdered sugar, and salt.Add butter and mix until a soft dough forms.Press evenly into a greased or lined springform pan poke holes with a fork....Bake 12–15 minutes until lightly golden.Let cool.
- Beat cream cheese until smooth and creamy.
- Add sugar and mix until combined.Add eggs one at a time mixing on low speed (don’t overmix—keep it smooth, not airy).Mix in vanilla bean paste, sour cream, and heavy cream. Gently fold in almonds for that soft crunch throughout.
- pour filling over cooled crust.Bake at 325°F for 55 minutes, until edges are set and center slightly jiggles.Turn oven off, crack the door, and let sit 1 hour.Chill in the fridge at least 4 hours (overnight is best)
- pour cooled strawberry glaze over the chilled cheesecake.Top with extra almonds for texture and that pretty finish.Slice and serve 😮🔥🍓💅🏽
Video
@thefancymom The dessert of the summer 😮🔥🍓✨ Almond strawberry cheesecake with a buttery shortbread crust… rich, creamy, and dripping in that glossy strawberry glaze 💅🏽💕 Fresh, sweet, and just enough crunch on top and throughout. Used: @Tillamook Cream cheese 💕✨ #SouthernCooking #dessert #cheesecake ♬ original sound - _TotahlyCook’n_
Notes
💕 Fancy Mom Tip:
If you want that bakery-level cheesecake without the stress, don’t skip the water bath 💅🏽✨Wrap your pan good and give it that steamy environment—t😮🔥 And baby… vanilla bean paste over extract EVERY time 🍓✨
It gives you that deeper, richer flavor and those pretty little specks that make it look like it came straight from a high-end bakery. It’s subtle… but it’s the kind of detail that makes people say “this tastes different… in the best way.” Soft bake, rich flavor, pretty finish… that’s Fancy Mom Approved 💕✨
