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Pop Century's Tie Dye Cheesecake

Have you ever had the tie dye cheesecake from Disney’s Pop Century resort? It is a popular item for guests & I even travel there just for this delicious treat!! With cheesecake on top, and red velvet on bottom, it is a great combination dessert that fills every sweet tooth craving you may have. Let’s chat about how to make this yummy treat at home!
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time2 hours

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 ounce red food coloring
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cups flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 lb. Cream Cheese
  • 1 1/3 C. Sugar
  • 5 Large Eggs
  • 16 oz. Sour Cream
  • 1/4 C. Flour
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla
  • 2 tsp. Lemon Juice
  • Food Coloring

Instructions

  • Step One
  • Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9" springform pan. If you don’t have springform pan, you can use a regular circular cake pan. I didn’t have a springform pan on hand, and it worked just fine! If you are using a regular pan, make sure to grease the sides as well.
  • Step Two
  • Cream together butter, sugar and eggs.
  • Step Three
  • Add in cocoa & food colouring until it becomes red or pink in colour.
  • Step Four
  • Mix salt and vanilla in buttermilk and add with the flour - one cup at a time. If you do not have buttermilk, you can separately make buttermilk with equal parts regular milk & vinegar. Leave until it curdles a little bit, and voila! Buttermilk. Once the buttermilk forms, add it to the mixture.
  • Step Five
  • Mix soda and vinegar separately. Do not beat after adding this mixture. Simply pour on top of the batter.
  • Step Six
  • Pour batter into your greased regular or springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until there are no crumbs on your tester stick.
  • Step Seven
  • Cool cake in pan. Lower oven temperature to 325 deg F.
  • Step Eight
  • Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.
  • Step Nine
  • Add the sugar a little at a time and continue beating until it is creamy and free of lumps.
  • Step Ten
  • Add one egg at a time, mixing after each egg.
  • Step Eleven
  • When eggs have been thoroughly mixed into the cream cheese add flour, vanilla and lemon juice, mix well.
  • Step Twelve
  • Add sour cream and beat well.
  • Step Thirteen
  • Divide the cheesecake batter into a bowl for each food colouring colour you have. Ideally, you should have the below colours. If you don’t have them, and don’t have the proper colours to mix, any fun colour will do the trick! Mix the colours with the cheesecake mixture thoroughly.
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Light blue
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Step Fourteen
  • Drop large spoonfuls of the colored batters randomly on the red velvet cake in the pan. Swirl each layer slightly using a toothpick or fork.
  • Step Fifteen
  • Place on the top rack in the middle of the oven. Cook for 45-60 minutes.
  • Step Sixteen
  • When time is up, prop open oven door and leave in oven for one hour. After one hour, remove from oven. Let cool enough before the cheesecake is put into the refrigerator for 2-4 hours.

Notes

Delicious! My cake turned out almost perfect. I read the flour ingredient for the cheesecake incorrectly, so the cheesecake topping was not as fluffy & cheesey as it was supposed to be. However, my family & I thoroughly enjoyed it! It brought me right back to staying at Pop Century resort, and looking forward to my 2021 trip!!! Make your tie dye cheesecake today.