I need help with cheesecake

[kobefn]

Hello everyone I'm makeing a cheese cake and it calls for 2 1/2 pounds of cream cheese how manny packs would that be? I was thinking two and half packs? thanks for any help.

 

[Sedagive]

Each pack is 8 ounces, so you would need 5 packs.

 

[quicksilver]

5 is what I use. But with all the other ingredients, it makes a 12" cake. That's a large cake.
Make sure your springpan is large enough, or it will overflow.

 

[Sedagive]

5 is what I use. But with all the other ingredients, it makes a 12" cake. That's a large cake.
Make sure your springpan is large enough, or it will overflow.

I make mine in a 10" removable bottom aluminum pan, have used as much as 3 pounds of cream cheese and have never had it overflow. My usual cheesecake takes 2 1/2 pounds. It makes a nice, tall cheesecake.

 

[quicksilver]

Mine too, but what are your other ingredients? Removable bottom is a springpan.

 

[Sedagive]

Mine too, but what are your other ingredients? Removable bottom is a springpan.

Eggs, sugar, vanilla, sour cream, crust.

No, the removable bottom pans I use are not springpans. They look like this:

 

[Michael in FtW]

Read the label on the cream cheese you are buying to see how much it weighs. Most common is an 8-oz (1/2 pound) block - some comes in 16-oz, some in 3-oz. You need a total of 40-oz.

16-oz blocks = 2.5
8-oz blocks = 5
3-oz blocks = 13.3

 

[quicksilver]

5-8oz.