Sondesh Cheesecake Made using DIY Homemade Springform Pan

28 October

We have the festivals starting and I wanted to make a cheesecake with some traditional twist to it. The only problem - I didn't have a springform Pan which is what you need to make a cheesecake. And to make things difficult I didn't even have a round mold or a cookie cutter or anything that resembled that shape. Now I was making this for a collaboration entry in Instagram and didn't have the time left in which I could order something from Amazon. 

I did the next best thing I could - created a DIY Spring foam pan with some basic things available in your home. So check out this easy solution mentioned below.

Please note: I was making a mini cheese cake and hence the proportions are mentioned accordingly. If you want to make a full size cheesecake, scale up according to your need.

Materials Required [for 1 mini cheesecake mould]:

• A thick chart paper / any paper which is a bit sturdy [ even the edges of a box of sweets would do] - 2.5 inch x 10 inch [6 cm x 25 cm]
• Foil paper - 10 inch x 12 inch [25 cm  x  30 cm]
• Cello tape [medium thickness] - 1
• Scissor - 1

1. Start by cutting the chart paper in a size of 2.5 inch x 10 inch [6 cm x 25 cm]

2. Now cut the foil paper in 4 times the height of the chart paper . i.e. in dimension of  10 inch x 12 inch [25 cm  x  30 cm]. Lay the chart paper flat on the foil paper and start folding from one side just like the picture below. Continue till you have wrapped the whole foil paper around the chart paper. It should be around 4 folds. 

Tip: Foil paper will ensure the mould has a smooth wall and it will be very easy to demould the cheesecake.

Note: If you have a thin chart paper which is not so sturdy then you can go for more layers of foil paper. You can even go for more layers of chart paper and lay them one on top of another before you cover it all with a foil paper.

3. Once the foil paper is fully wrapped around the chart paper, fold in the extra edges and put a cello tape on each side to hold them together in place like the picture below.

4. Now take any flat surface like a table ledge. Place the wrapped chartpaper piece on the edge so that it will form an L shape and slowly press it with fingers. Do same for the complete surface area of the strip at little intervals. It will give a hammered feel to the overall strip. This will help in the next step when we want to make a perfect circular mould. Do this very carefully without applying too much pressure otherwise the foil paper might tear

Tip: pressing the chart paper all through will make it more malleable and will shape easily. This is an optional step but I recommend it.

5. Now make a circle of this strip with the cello taped side on the outside. There should be a 1 to 1/2 inch overlap where both the sides meet. Put a cello tape there to hold it in place. Your circular mould is ready.

6. Springform pan also has a layer below. What I did in this case was take a small circular steel plate, place the circular mould on it with some space remaining, and then tape the mould to the plate with a cello tape again. This tape will make sure the circular mould is held in place.

Tip: if you do not have any steel plate you can take a big square cardboard of about 8 inch x 8 inch dimension and cover it with foil paper and then use it as the base instead.

Top View

Now you can go ahead and make your cheesecake as usual in this DIY Springform Pan. It is easy, cheap and fun!

I have made a sondesh cheesecake in it and the recipe will be up soon!

How to Demould?

1. We have used so many celloptapes just to make the demoulding process easy. Start by removing the take that holds the mould to the plate.

2. Take the mould off the plate and now cut through the celotape that holds the sides of the mould together. Now slowly and carefully peel off the mould from the body of the cheesecake. Ta-Da! You are all done!

Tip: I brushed butter all along the sides before setting my cheese cake in this, it helped in the demoulding process.

Can the mould be reused?

 

Yes it can be. You just need to dispose the foil paper on top of the cardboard each time, as it might tear a bit during the demoulding process. Keep the cardboard strip, and everytime you want to make a cake you just put a fresh foil paper and go about it.