I made an Oreo cheesecake yesterday. I waited for it to cool before putting it in the fridge, then I went in to get some milk and found it had started to split open right across the centre. Can you please help?
By Lynne
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You may have over baked or baked it to fast or cooled to fast. Invest in a oven thermometer. My oven is 20 degrees hotter than what I set it to. When I cool a cheesecake I put a dish towel over it as it cools. I don't want it to cool to fast. I run a knife around the edge to loosen it from the edge of the pan while it cools.
Also make sure that it is in something air tight (raped in plastic or in a container) in the fridge. It has moister that will be sucked out if not protected. If you want to hid it make the first slice down the crack. An other thing you can do is put some ganache on the top to cover the crack.
Someone once advised me to put a pan of water on a rack below the cheesecake during baking, and that would prevent the cheesecake from cracking. I haven't baked a cheesecake since I heard that, so I can't vouch for the idea personally, but the lady who told me that swore it works.
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