up the side of the cheesecake pan.
bake cheesecake 45 to 55 minutes, until it is almost done. this cheesecake recipe can be hard to judge. you’re looking for the cake to hold together and still have a lot of jiggle to it in the center. you don’t want the cheesecake to be completely firm at this stage. close the oven door, turn the heat off, and let cheesecake rest in the cooling oven for one hour. this lets the cheesecake finish cooking and cool down gently so that it won’t crack on the top. after one hour, remove cheesecake from oven and lift carefully out of water bath. let cheesecake 