Easy Coconut Cheesecake

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This Easy Coconut Cheesecake is simple to put together with layers of buttery graham cracker crust, thick and creamy cheesecake and fluffy whipped cream! It’s full of the refreshing flavor of coconut!

So there was a day this week that was even crazier than your average day with twin babies. For whatever reason, they just would not sleep during their naps. It was chaos. I had taken Ashton to the doctor earlier in the day and went out to get his medicine while my mom stayed with the boys during their nap. We crossed our fingers that they’d sleep all the way through and I’d get back before they woke up.

Well on my way home I got a call from my mom and as soon as I answered I heard all the crying in the background. I clearly needed to be home ASAP and wasn’t far away (although it felt like the longest drive ever). So when I pulled in the garage, I quickly ran in the house to help.

Fast forward to the next day. I go out into the garage to get something from our fridge out there and notice that when I’d shut the driver side door of the car the day before, I hadn’t shut it all the way since I was in a hurry. I was sure the car battery had died, so I opened the car door to check and pushed the “push to start” button to see if the lights would come on. They didn’t. The battery was dead. SUCH a bummer! I texted the hubs at work to let him know so that he could help me when he got home.

Well that night at dinner, I was telling him about how I hadn’t closed the door all the way and how I noticed it earlier and checked the car. His first question was, “Well did you have the key with you when you tested the button?”

“Ummmm…no. But I don’t need it, right? It’ll still light up without they key.”

I was met with silence and a grin from the hubs.

“Let me just go have a chat with this car and make sure it doesn’t do this to you again,” he says with a big grin.

Turns out the battery wasn’t dead, I’m just a dummy and didn’t have the key with me. Ha! Oh well, at least we didn’t have to go through the trouble of fixing it or jumping the battery! Whoops! I’m going to blame tired mom brain.

Well, making this cheesecake is about as easy as fixing a dead car battery that isn’t dead. Ok, so not quite that easy, but close! As far as making cheesecake goes, this really is as easy as it gets!

The crust is made with graham cracker crumbs, some sugar and a little melted butter. Mix it all together and spread it evenly in the pan. You’ll want to bake it for a few minutes while you make the cheesecake filling, so that the crust holds together well once everything is baked and sliced.

The filling is made with just a few simple steps. Cream cheese, sugar and flour are combined first. The flour gives the cheesecake a touch of texture, which I’m a fan of. You want to be sure that the cream cheese is room temperature and not too cool, or you could end up with chunks when mixing it all together. Also, be sure not to mix on on too high of a speed or for too long or you’ll add too much air to the batter, which can cause cracks in a baked cheesecake.

Next up is the sour cream and coconut flavoring, then the eggs. Again, be sure not to over mix the batter or mix on a high speed.

The cheesecake is baked without a water bath (yay!) and then cooled slowly to help prevent over-baking and getting cracks in the cheesecake.

Once the cheesecake is cooled, top it with the coconut whipped cream and some toasted coconut! The final cheesecake is so thick, creamy and smooth – I love it! With the flavor of the crust and the smooth whipped cream, it’s a cheesecake I could just keep on eating! SO good!

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