Just 4 ingredients for a delicious cake: is it even possible? Of course, using your Instant Pot!
This light and fluffy dessert can be ready in less than 30 minutes.
If you are a cheesecake-lover, don’t miss this delicious pressure cooker cheesecake recipe and don’t forget to send us a picture of your creation!
This cheesecake is a famous Japanese cheesecake, since it has no crust.
If you have not seen or tried one, you will soon realize why is it so famous. This Instant Pot Japanese cheesecake has only four ingredients and it is made with a minimum of the equipment. The final results are astonishing - a soft, fluffy, and mild cheesecake without any crust. The taste of the cheesecake is just perfect. It is a combination of creamy cheese, sweet white chocolate and a hint of orange extract.
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Do I have to use orange extract?
It's not mandatory, but the orange extract gives a really nice touch and makes things better.
Can I use other Extracts?
Yes. For this Instant pot cheesecake recipe you can use some other extracts as well, like banana, or vanilla.
Can I add crust?
If you want a cheesecake with crust, try this classic Instant Pot Cheesecake recipe.
How to serve?
When serving, make sure you serve the cake completely chilled.
If you are looking for some garnishes, know that the Instant Pot Japanese cheesecake pairs the best with berries, especially strawberries.
Need more ideas? Check out What To Serve With Cheesecake for 15 sweet options.
Do I have to have a big pressure cooker in order to make this recipe?
Not at all! You can make this cheesecake with a small pressure cooker and obtain the same perfect result.
How long should I put the cheesecake in the fridge?
Chill the cake for 2 hours or overnight before slicing and serving.
How To Make Japanese Cheesecake
Here are your ingredients:
Separate eggs to yolks and whites.
Melt chocolate in a microwave and combine it with cheese:
Add egg yolks and orange extract and keep stirring well:
Put aside.
On a separate bowl beat egg whites until firm:
Gradually fold the egg whites into the cheese mix in the first bowl. Stir until smooth.
Pour into a lined springform or a disposable aluminum foil pan.
Place into the Instant Pot.
Add 1.5 cups of water and close the lid.
Cook for 17 minutes on high pressure.
Once done, Allow the Instant Pot to release pressure naturally. It will take 15-30 minutes.
Open the lid, take the cheesecake out and let it cool before serving.
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Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- 1 teaspoon orange extract optional
- 1 ½ cups water for the Instant Pot
Instructions
- Leave cream cheese out of the fridge for about 1 hour before cooking.
- Separate yolks from egg whites and let them rest in the fridge until it’s time to use them
- Melt chocolate in the microwave. Mix warm melted chocolate with cream cheese and stir until you obtain a smooth cream.
- Add egg yolks, orange extract, and stir again until you obtain a soft and homogeneous batter.
- Separately, beat your cold egg whites with an electric mixer, until they become stiff and glossy.
- Slowly add your beaten egg whites to the other mixture, taking care of not forming any lumps and obtain a fluffy and smooth batter.
- Line a cake pan with parchment paper.
- Pour your batter into the cake pan and cover with foil.
- Pour 1 ½ cups of water into your Instant Pot.
- Place a trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot and place the cake pan on the trivet.
- Close the lid and cook at high pressure for 17 minutes.
- When cooking is complete, wait for a natural pressure release.
- Once done, open the lid and take out the pan.
- Let it cool and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
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The Instant Pot Cheesecake Chronicles
Hello, thanks for the recipe. I just tried it and I have 2 questions.
1. Same question asked by Debbie C. How to you get the top brown?
2. It tasted good but it more like an egg custard than the japanese cheesecakes I know, which I think are usually more spongy and feel like a really fluffy cake. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
There’s no way it can get brown by steaming alone. Corrie please try making this again and explain how it gets brown?
Its a JAPANESE cheesecake. They dont use a crust. Its healthier than American cheesecake. Basically a totally different dessert ♀️♀️♀️
Please tell me what temperature to set the Instant Pot on
17 minutes on High Pressure, then let it naturally release when done
Natural release entire time?
Hi Lyanna
Yes exactly, use natural release . Have a great day 🙂
What temperature should I set the IP at? And can you really cool it upside down? If so, I assume that you leave it in the tin.
Corrie, when you cook it in a Instant Pot will the bottom come out brown just like your picture? Or is there an additional step needed for that?
No additional step is needed for this cheesecake.
No flour?
It’s a kind of crust less cheesecake, that’s why no flour is needed.
Does the top of the cake brown when you put it on high pressure for 17 mins? Also, can I use a loose bottom cal tin instead of a spring form?
I have made this twice before and both times it came out very strange - completely fell upon cooling, and didn’t taste good. So today I’m hoping third time’s a charm - it’s in the instant pot now. Before I used a different brand of pressure cooker. You wouldn’t think that would make a difference but you never know. Hopefully it will work this time because it looks so good - I can’t wait to try it!
Try to follow the ratio of ingredients accurately. I hope you will love to enjoy this Instant Pot cheesecake.
Ok, I officially give upon this cake! I have tried several different recipes, a Power Pressure XL, and an Instant Pot. When I took them out, they looked lovely and about 5 inches high. But by the time they cooled, they had shrunk down to about an inch and a half. The last one, in the Instant Pot, tasted good but was only about 1-2 inches tall. So I concede defeat....
Have you followed the the ratio of ingredients and instructions properly.
For your fallen cheesecake there is a trick that they use for angle food cake (sponge cake) do a ltitle research on letting it cool upside down. 🙂 cheers and good luck!
You can't let your cheesecake cool upside down like an angel food cake.
But you can make pastry crust for this delightful cheese cake for those who loves pastry
I cook mine 25 or 30 min. Cool for 10. Then open.
These cheesecakes are much more difficult than this recipe makes it out to be! A couple of tips:
Make certain that the eggs are at room temp when you start, not cold,
Whisk the eggs to soft peak, not stiff peak, this makes a huge difference!
Be very careful when mixing the beaten egg whites into the other ingredients. Do not knock the air out of the whites as that is the only raising agent. Add to the egg yolk mixture in 2-3 batches & slowly fold the it in. Treat it like a soufflé!
Sorry Corrie but this is what works for me.
I’m going to try this one this weekend.
Living at a much altitude, I’ve learned to not over mix the cream cheese or the eggs, and adding a tablespoon of flour for every 8oz cream cheese keeps em from falling.
who makes a cheesecake with only 1/2c creamcheese and no crust??
Worth a try. I hate crust, never eat it.
Hope You will enjoy this crust less cheesecake.
I am sure you will love to enjoy this crust less cheesecake.
Thanks for pointing out. We have certified the recipes. This recipe of cheesecake has been also modified accordingly. There is also a variety of crust less cheesecakes. And this Japanese cheesecake is also a type of crust less cheesecake.Hope you will enjoy the corrected version of this recipe. 🙂
An entire country or six.
It's going to be a bit of fluffy delight!
LOL! Early cheesecakes had no crust. I have a recipe from a grand aunt, given to her by a friend, around 1900, and there is no crust. It’s not called “crustless,” either! That’s what I grew up knowing as cheesecake. It wasn’t “cheesepie”!
Ha! That is so interesting. Thanks for sharing!
The Japanese
Its a Japanese cheesecake... like the title says.. are people just not reading on here? lol
What type and size pan did you use ? How tightly do you cover it with foil?
A 7-inch spring form pan will be great for this recipe. Cover the top of the pan with a piece of foil tightly.
What do I bake it at and for how long with the spring form pan?
Thanks!!
You don't bake it. You pressure cook it for 17 minutes, as the recipe states.
Many cakes are steamed rather than baked. This is one of them.
Exactly :]
Cover with foil to steam in IP? Or cover after it is finished
Yes, cover with foil to steam in the Instant Pot.
That’s where I messed up! I forgot to cover the springform pan!