Day 7 – Countdown to Christmas – Red Velvet Cheesecake Minis

There is something magical when you marry cake with cheesecake. If you’ve ever been to the Cheesecake Factory and you love Red Velvet Cake then you have had to have tried their Red Velvet Cheesecake.  While it’s $9000, and worth every penny, I wanted to make it at home but one a much smaller scale.  With Cakepops and mini this or teensy that being the rage, and my hips protesting the gym, I still wanted at least to be able to partake in a little bit of this guilty pleasure and not have to kill myself at the gym.

So like most of you I Googled how to make this creation.  I found this picture and realized OMG I need to make these!  I’ve modified the recipe a bit and put my own spin on it.  These are super simple to make and absolutely gorgeous!  Plus you can easily swap out the red velvet cake for a different cake.

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Day 7 – Countdown to Christmas – Red Velvet Cheesecake Minis
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Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 box red velvet cake mix
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature and soft
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 2 packages (16 oz) of cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

White Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting

  • 1/2 cup (8 tbsp) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or you can use vanilla extract(
  • 4 oz good-quality white chocolate (not chips), melted and cooled
  • 1 – 2 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Spray 9×13 baking pan lightly with Pam.
  3. In a big bowl add cake mix, butter and 1 egg.
  4. Beat with a stand or electric mixer on low until combined. If you find that your mix seems a little dry, add 1 TBSP of water to the mix. This will be a very dense batter.
  5. Transfer the cake batter to the pan spreading it out evenly.
  6. In a medium bowl add cream cheese and sugar.
  7. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
  8. Add 2 eggs and vanilla, beat to combine.
  9. Spread cream cheese mixture over the red velvet bar.
  10. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until bars barely start to pull away from sides.
  11. Cool completely before cutting.
  12. White cooling make the White Chocolate Butter Cream frosting

White Chocolate Butter Cream frosting

  1. Using a stand mixer and paddle attachment, cream butter until soft and fluffy then beat in the vanilla. If you don’t have a stand mixer, use your electric mixer but go slow.
  2. With the mixer on low speed, slowly and carefully add in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time. If you dump it all in at once you’ll end up covered in the stuff. Once incorporated, add another 1/2 cup and proceed until it’s all in.
  3. Once all of the sugar has been added, beat on medium speed for 30 seconds and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  4. Add in the melted white chocolate and beat on medium speed until incorporated.
  5. With the mixer on low, add in heavy cream 1 tbsp at a time and beat at medium speed until the frosting has reached your desired consistency.
  6. Transfer to pastry bag with star tip.
  7. Refrigerate.
  8. Use a small biscuit cutter to cut out bites. If it’s hard to get out, run the biscuit cutter under warm water and wipe off any excess water before cutting. You don’t want soggy desserts now do you?
  9. Garnish each bite with a dollop of the white chocolate butter cream frosting.
  10. Store in the fridge, covered.

 

Now.. some of you are probably thinking … but I have extra cake/cheesecake left over in the pan.  What should I do with that?  Well, if you haven’t picked your way through it as you were cutting, make cakeballs out of them by crumbling up your cake/cheesecake and mixing your white chocolate butter cream frosting!  Shape ‘em, freeze ‘em, dip ‘em :)

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5 Responses to “Day 7 – Countdown to Christmas – Red Velvet Cheesecake Minis”

  • Sheila says:

    Thank you!!! I have been looking for something new to make for an upcoming holiday party and these are perfect! I love the notion of using the white chocolate buttercream instead of regular old cool whip! Makes them so much more elegant!

  • Joni Van says:

    Can you make these as cupcakes? Or do they stick to the cupcake paper. (this would eliminate any “waste”…)

    • TKWAdmin says:

      Hi Joni!

      The ‘excess’ stuff you have, I never waste. I just turn into a trifle :) No way am I getting rid of red velvet chunks and cheesecake! :)

      If would opt to go with foil liners versus paper. Or actually what would work best is using a mini cheesecake pan with removable bottoms. I’ve used that and that works beautifully. I just hated washing 9,000 little holes and bottoms. I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-3919-Mini-Cheesecake-Pan/dp/B0006IW02M

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

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