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    Home » Recipes » Cheesecake Recipes

    Baby Shower Dessert - Cheesecake Baby

    Published: Sep 4, '15 · Modified: Aug 1, '23 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Make an adorable and delicious baby shower dessert that your party guests will love. This Cheesecake Baby is easy to make and can be decorated to look like a baby boy or girl.

    baby shower cheesecake that looks like a baby with a pacifier served on a white plate along with a bowl of candy on a blue watercolor tablecloth.

    If you can draw a smiley face, you can decorate your cheesecake to look like this cute baby. This is such a simple decorated cheesecake design. This cute dessert will really add a touch of whimsy to your baby shower dessert table.

    You'll start by making a peach-colored cheesecake. If you like, you can even flavor the cheesecake using peach flavoring.

    Then, you'll decorate it using cheesecake filling that has been colored with some black food coloring.

    Peach Cobbler Flavored Cheesecake baby with a blue pacifier in it's mouth.

    To make a cheesecake baby boy, you simply add two eyes, a smile, a wisp of hair, and a blue pacifier. To turn the cheesecake into a baby girl, you can add a pretty pink bow in her hair and a pink pacifier.

    See more Baby Shower Recipes, here.

    Ingredients

    Crust:
    cinnamon graham cracker crumbs
    sugar
    butter

    Peach Cheesecake Filling:
    cream cheese
    sugar
    eggs
    sour cream
    peach flavoring, optional (I used Wilton Treatology flavoring but it is sadly no longer available. LorAnn Oils will work well too.)
    black food coloring

    Decorations:
    modeling chocolate or fondant
    blue or pink food coloring

    Supplies

    mixing bowl and mixer or stand mixer
    9-inch springform pan
    squeeze bottle, disposable pastry bag, or zip-top bag

    making a baby cheesecake with a graham cracker crust in a springform pan with peach-flavored cheesecake filling.

    To make this cheesecake, you'll start by making a graham cracker crust. Then you will make the peach-flavored cheesecake filling.

    To make the skin-toned filling, add orange coloring, brown coloring, or tan coloring. Just remember the color will darken slightly when the cheesecake is baked.

    Before pouring all the filling into the springform pan, scoop out about 1 ½ tablespoons into a small bowl. Color with a few drops of black coloring. If making a girl, scoop out another 1 ½ tablespoons of filling and color pink.

    Pour that into a zip-top bag or disposable pastry bag and pipe on two eyes, two eyebrows, a smile, and a wisp of hair if making a boy. For the girl, you can add rosy cheeks and a pretty pink bow.

    decorating a cheesecake baby with peach-colored modeling chocolate ears and a blue pacifier.

    To really make your cheesecake baby come to life, you can add a pacifier in his/her mouth and some ears. Use fondant or modeling chocolate to create both. They are so simple to make.

    To make the fondant pacifier, cut out a 1 ½-inch circle then create and attach a handle. Glue the two pieces of fondant together with a dab of water.

    To make the ears, cut out two 1 ½-inch circles from a fondant color that matches your cheesecake. Cut off a bit of one side so the ears sit flat up against the side of the cheesecake.

    Once your cheesecake is chilled, remove it from the springform pan and set it on a serving plate. Just before serving the cheesecake, add the fondant pacifier and ears.

    Tips

    If you are using a traditional clamp-style springform pan, be sure to wrap the bottom of the pan in two layers of heavy-duty foil to keep the water out of the cheesecake. I used a no-leak pan, which I love.

    To keep condensation from forming on the cheesecake while it's in the refrigerator, drape a paper towel over the top of the springform pan, then cover tightly in tin foil.

    For more detailed information about baking the cheesecake in a water bath, check out the first decorated cheesecake I ever made, the Decorated Daisy Cheesecake post.

    Recipe

    Add a touch of whimsy to your baby shower dessert table by serving this adorable Peach Cobbler flavored Cheesecake Baby. Find the tutorial at Hungry Happenings.
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    Cheesecake Baby
    Prep Time
    45 mins
    Cook Time
    50 mins
    Chill time
    7 hrs
     
    Add a touch of whimsy to your baby shower dessert table by decorating a peach cobbler flavored cheesecake to look like a baby boy or girl.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: baby cheesecake, baby shower, cheesecake
    Servings: 12 slices
    Calories: 320 kcal
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    Crust
    • 1 cup cinnamon graham cracker crumbs
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 3 tablespoons melted butter
    Cheesecake Filling
    • 3 (8-ounce) packages of cream cheese, softened
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • orange and black food coloring
    • optional, peach flavoring (see notes)
    Decorations
    • 1 ounce blue or pink fondant or modeling chocolate
    • 1 ounce skin toned fondant or modeling chocolate to match cheesecake
    Instructions
    Crust
    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
    2. Spray a 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray.
    3. Combine graham cracker crumbs, 1 tablespoon sugar, and butter.
    4. Press it in the bottom of the springform pan.
    5. Bake for 10-12 minutes until fragrant and the edges begin to brown.
    6. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
    7. Set a large roasting pan in the oven and pour in 1 ½ inches of hot water.
    Cheesecake Filling
    1. Combine cream cheese and sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
    2. Add eggs and beat to combine.
    3. Add sour cream and the peach flavoring if using and beat to combine.

    4. Add desired color. (1 drop orange for light peach skin tone)

    5. Scoop out 1 ½ tablespoons of filing and place in a small bowl.
    6. Color using several drops of black coloring.
    7. Spoon into a small zip top bag or pastry bag.
    8. If making a baby girl, also color 1 ½ tablespoons of filling pink.
    9. Spoon into a bag also.
    10. Pour the remaining cheesecake filing over crust.
    11. Pipe on two eyes, two eyebrows, a wisp of hair and a smile using the black filling.
    12. If making a girl, you can add rosy cheeks and a pink bow.
    13. Set cheesecake in roasting pan filled with water and bake for 45-50 minutes.
    14. The top of the cheesecake should look set but still wiggle.
    15. Turn off oven, crack open door, and let cheesecake sit for 15 minutes.
    16. Remove cheesecake from water bath and allow to cool for 1 hour at room temperature.
    17. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
    Decorations
    1. Roll out blue or pink fondant and cut out one 1 ½ inch round circle. Cut out a pacifier handle. Attach the handle to the circle using a dab of water.
    2. Roll out skin toned fondant and cut out two ears.
    3. Just before serving, attach the two ears to the side of the cheesecake and add a pacifier in the baby's mouth.
    Recipe Notes

    Set your cream cheese out at room temperature for at least 3 hours before making the cheesecake. You also want your eggs and sour cream to be at room temperature. Set them out about an hour beforehand. 

     

    Peach flavoring - You can use LorAnn Oils peach flavoring. Add ½ teaspoon to flavor. You can add more for a stronger flavor. 

     

    If you want a peach cobbler-flavored cheesecake use the following:

    16 drops Wilton Treatology Peach Flavoring 
    8 drops Wilton Treatology Warm Cinnamon Graham Flavoring
    2 drops Wilton Treatology Cream Vanilla Custard Flavoring

     

    Store the cheesecake in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. You can also freeze the decorated cheesecake (without the modeling chocolate or fondant ears and pacifier) for up to 3 months. 

    baby shower desserts including a cheesecake, pink fuzzy slipper cookies, baby chick cheese balls, OREO lambs, and more.

    These fun Baby Shower Recipes are sure to make the mother-to-be smile.

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    1. Sonya Printers

      September 22, 2017 at 4:21 pm

      thanks for the idea. I made this with my own recipe. The pic I can't post on here. Added my own touch.

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 23, 2017 at 7:37 am

        I'm so happy you made this! You can send your picture to beth@hungryhappenings.com and I will share it in my Readers' Gallery.

        Reply
    2. Sue {munchkin munchies}

      September 10, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      Your cheesecake baby is adorable! My daughter is due next month, and I think I may give it a try; so cute!

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 10, 2015 at 10:24 pm

        Congratulations to your and your daughter! How exciting. The flavor of this cheesecake is amazing. I can't wait to make it again. I hope you enjoy it.

        Reply
    3. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      September 06, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      Beth..I think this is my favorite cheesecake you've ever done! It is absolutely adorable. I'm sute Katie love it too. 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 07, 2015 at 8:03 am

        Thanks, Karen. It was definitely the simplest cheesecake to decorate, and it turned out so cute. I'm glad you like it:)

        Reply
    4. lisa@hooplapalooza

      September 05, 2015 at 11:54 am

      well Beth, you've done it again. i would much rather have a piece of this baby cheesecake at a shower vs. the old boring cake. although i may just bring the slice home and stare at it. lol 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 07, 2015 at 8:04 am

        Me too! I'd always choose cheesecake over cake:)

        Reply
    5. Katie @ Clarks Condensed

      September 04, 2015 at 11:43 pm

      How adorable is this?! I've never seen anything like this. It's so perfect (and I'm sure delicious) for a baby shower!

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 05, 2015 at 1:26 am

        Thanks, Katie. I was happy to be a part of your baby shower celebration.

        Reply
    6. Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet

      September 04, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Love, love, love this cake! That baby looks so sweet! 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 04, 2015 at 2:50 pm

        Thanks, Nancy:)

        Reply
    7. The Partiologist

      September 04, 2015 at 10:05 am

      How cute is this - the little pacifier is adorable!! I'll have to check out the rest of the party, sounds like fun!

      Reply
      • Beth

        September 04, 2015 at 10:13 am

        Thanks, Kim. I thought the pacifier really added just the right touch to make this baby super cute.

        Reply
    8. Paamela

      September 04, 2015 at 9:47 am

      I'm very surprised this is called a "cobbler". I know a cobbler as a baked fruit dessert with a topping of a mixture of oats, sugar, butter and mixed together, placed on the dessert prior to baking and nice and crispy. Or, if its not this then its biscuit dough or something along those lines plopped on the fruit before it goes into the oven. I have NEVER, not even once, seen anything called a cobbler that would be able to be decorated. Is this the standard cobbler somewhere in a specific region?

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      • Beth

        September 04, 2015 at 10:12 am

        This is actually called a Peach Cobbler "Flavored" Cheesecake because the combination of peach, warm cinnamon graham, and vanilla custard provide the cheesecake with a peach cobbler flavor. The cool thing about using Wilton's Treatology flavors is that you can combine them to make amazing flavors like Peach Bellini, Toasted Coconut Cheesecake, and Salted Caramel flavored desserts. So, you are right, this is not an actual cobbler. It's just has the wonderful flavors of a cobbler.

        Reply

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