Valentine's Day Conversation Heart Cheesecakes

So this Valentine's I wanted to surprise Brian again with a little dessert. Last year I made homemade sugar cookies with royal icing from scratch. I was also ready to pop (33 weeks pregnant). I remember making them and being on my feet all day it was rough but I like doing surprises for my husband. This year I made cheesecake. I was nervous because I never made cheesecake before. The day before Valentine's I made them then finished them off right before we left to go deliver them.

What You Will Need: 
Stand mixer
Roasting pan

Wilton Heart Shape Silicone Mold

Fine tip paint brush for food only

Ingredients:

3 large eggs

1 cup of sugar

1/2 a stick of melted butter

16oz (2 blocks of cream cheese) softened

1 cup of graham crackers

A pinch of cinnamon (I didn't use any)

1 tsp of vanilla extract

1 pint 16oz sour cream

Food coloring I used- Neon pink, purple, orange, and yellow and blue from the original box

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Then I put the graham crackers in my little chopper and mixed in the melted butter. This is where you can add the cinnamon I chose not to because my husband is allergic. After it looks like sand I put a little bit in each mold and then popped them in the fridge until I was ready to pour the filling in them. While they're in the fridge I added the cream cheese to the bowl of the stand mixer. Beat until nice and smooth and scrape the sides. While it's mixing you can put water in a pot to boil to fill the roasting pan for the cheesecake water bath (you only need enough to pour half way up the heart mold). Then add the sugar mixing for about a minute and then add the eggs until nice and creamy.  Add the sour cream and vanilla until it's combined. I then took 6 bowls and filled them with the filling. I started to add a little food coloring and gradually put more and more to get the color just right. I used 2 silicone molds 12 little cheesecakes. I made 3 colors and then poured them in the mold, poured the boiling water in half way up the sides and put them in the oven for 22-25 minutes. If your hearts are filled then I would bake them for 26-28 minutes. While they are baking I made the other 3 colors while I boiled a little more water for the second batch.

  Once they are out of the oven they need to cool at room temperature for about an hour.

Once that's done I put them in the freezer over night and kept my husband out of there because this was his surprise. 

  The day after I popped the hearts out of the molds and started to write on them.

1. I did not have a fine paint brush I used another one so it came out a little wonky. (I need some practice)
2. As I was writing my kids discovered them and was bumping the table asking when they were going to get theirs and screaming so I was concentrating on not spelling them wrong because I have mom brain. I forget everything  I have no brain cells left. 

I hope you enjoy your cheesecakes because I never even got a bite. As I pulled out of my husbands work I was getting texts saying they were awesome which made me so happy. Plus like I said I have never made cheesecake before so I was kind of nervous but they turned out great.

    

I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day we sure did. Here are some pictures of our Valentine's. I made some heart shape pancakes with some heart sprinkles. Also it was Brooke's 11 month birthday so of course I had to take a picture. That night Brian surprised me by taking me to the Melting Pot for dinner. We went there a couple years ago and now it's kind of our tradition. 

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (15 squares)

pinch of cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted

16 ounces (2 blocks) cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

food coloring - pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, and red

- See more at: http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/02/sweet-valentines-day-dessert.html#sthash.xujM2HIe.dpuf

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