Mexican Dessert Recipes
Sopapilla Cheesecake with a Warm Vanilla Sauce
This recipe for sopapilla cheesecake is simple to follow and the results are great. Sopapilla is a typical Mexican dessert where a cream cheese filling is baked inside two layers of dough. The different with the following sopapilla cheesecake recipe is that a hot vanilla sauce is poured all over the dessert. The sauce goes amazingly well with the cheesecake and the flavor is phenomenal. This would be a great Mexican dessert recipe to serve if you have company over because nobody can fail to be impressed with this delicious dessert.
The orange and chocolate candy garnish is optional but it does look nice on the dessert and finish it off attractively. If you are a fan of cheesecake and vanilla, you will really enjoy this indulgent and mouthwatering Mexican cheesecake recipe.
This Mexican sopapilla cheesecake is suitable for any occasion and you can save it for a special occasion like a Cinco de Mayo party or you can make it for your family after dinner or even serve it at a birthday party if you are looking for original dessert recipe ideas.
Mexican Sopapilla Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients -
2 cans crescent rolls, 8 oz each
1 lb softened cream cheese
½ cup melted butter
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup white sugar
1 orange, cut into thin slices
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
8 chocolate candies (optional)
Nonstick spray
For the Vanilla Sauce:
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter
⅓ cup sugar
1 cup Half & Half
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with nonstick spray and cover the pan with one package of crescent rolls.
Combine the sugar, cream cheese and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and spread this over the crescent rolls, then spread the other package of crescent rolls on top.
Brush the melted butter on top, and then sprinkle the cinnamon over the sopaipillas.
Bake for 25 minutes, and then cut the sopapilla into individual servings.
Heat the Half & Half in a saucepan over a moderate heat until it starts to bubble around the edges.
Whisk the egg yolks and cinnamon together then whisk this gradually into the half & half.
Take care that you stir the mixture all the time, so the eggs do not scramble.
Add the vanilla and butter, then pour this sauce over the sopapilla cheesecake and garnish each serving with a slice of orange and a chocolate candy if you want.
(Serves 8)
Photo Description:
This is an attractive dessert, which smells heavenly and tastes even better. The combination of cream cheese, cinnamon, orange, chocolate, vanilla and more results in a really mouthwatering dessert and this sopapilla cheesecake and hot vanilla sauce go perfectly together. This recipe for sopapilla cheesecake is very easy and if you are looking for something unusual this is a very good recipe to make. Adults and kids alike love the texture and flavor of this dessert and it is simple enough for anyone to make, even if you are new to making Mexican dessert recipes.
