Hey Pretty! 🩷
Heads-up: tomorrow is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. And I have a confession.
I’m not a pumpkin cheesecake girl. In OCTOBER. I know. 😂
But I DO have a cheesecake that deserves its own national day — the Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake cheesecake. Yes, THOSE Christmas Tree Cakes. It should not work, and yet — it has an actual hold on my group chat. 🎄
I made it last year. I’m making it again this year. And after my Food Lion Christmas Tree Cake sighting had y’all coming at me FAST, I promised you the recipe — so here it is. The whole thing. No gatekeeping, because that’s not how we do things around here. 🩷
One thing you need to know before we start: this is my favorite base cheesecake recipe — the one I always start with. You can add any mix-ins you love, but always start with this as your base and you’ll never go wrong. 🩷
Viral Little Debbie’s Christmas Tree Cake Cheesecake
Crust:
- 25 golden Oreos, crushed
- 1 stick salted butter, melted
- Press into a greased 9-inch springform pan
- Bake at 325° for 10 minutes
Cheesecake:
- 4 bricks cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 sour cream, room temperature (yes — that’s exactly how my recipe card says it, because I wrote it like a menace 😂)
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
Assembly:
- Mix cheesecake ingredients until well blended.
- Add half the cream cheese mixture to the baked crust.
- Put a layer of Christmas Tree Cakes on top.
- Cover with the remaining cheesecake mix.
- Bake at 325° for 60–70 minutes.
- Decorate with cookie icing and sprinkles.
A few pretty-girl cheesecake rules (nothing fussy, I promise):
- Cheesecake is BETTER made a day ahead — it needs that overnight chill. Congratulations, this is officially a make-ahead dessert. 😏
- Room-temp ingredients aren’t a suggestion. Cold cream cheese = lumpy cheesecake, and nobody wants lumpy cheesecake.
- It keeps covered in the fridge for days — in theory. In practice it will not survive the weekend. 😂
Want the pretty printable version? Grab it here 🎄 →
https://ashley-lamm.aweb.page/christmas-tree-cake-cheesecake-recipe
Save it, screenshot it, stick it on the fridge. Tag me @ashleylamm213 when you make it — I LIVE for your recreations. 😍 Love you, mean it — go be pretty, on purpose. 💕 Ashley
