I made a strawberry cheesecake for my husband's coworker yesterday. It was a plain cheesecake with a strawberry pie type glaze on top. Hubby said when he arrived at work with it, the topping had started to slide off the top. His coworker was still very happy with it, but it never occured to me that this could happen.

Does anyone here put fruit toppings on their cheesecakes? Is this something I should have given her seperately so she could put the topping on the slices at home when it's being served?

Any advice would be very helpful! I am amazed by the combined knowledge in these forums! Thank you!

If you put a thick ring of icing around the top and fill that, it might not slide.

If I KNOW that I'm going to do a fruit topping I always slightly underfill my crust to allow for the fruit on top!!

If hte fruit is very thickly poured on, I would have had him do it on site. If it is for at home , you can easily do it in advance.

I give the fruit topping seperately.

Angie

I make strawberry cheesecakes all the time...so I may be able to help you..I hope I dont know what type of glaze you use...but with mine I put fresh berries on top and then make a glaze out of cornstarch, water, sugar and strawberry jello and then "paint" that on top...sometimes I even put some of the glaze down first before I put the strawberries on. Sometimes if I do this a drop or two will drip down, but usually I can get it with a napkin. But like Jenn123 says..I pipe a thick layer of whipped cream around the edges to keep things staying a little better. The glaze thickens after it sits for a few minutes and it stays on really well. I hope this helps!

Thank you, this is all a valuable lesson for me!

Heiser73, yes, that's the glaze I used, too. I put a handful of strawberries at a time into the pan and stirred to coat them with the glaze then placed them on the cheesecake. Then I drizzled a little glaze over the top. Maybe I didn't use enough cornstarch so it didn't set correctly. Next time I will use the buttercream or whipped cream dam.

You are all wonderful for helping me!! Thank you again!

I make a lot of cheesecakes with strawberry topping from a company called Maria's. It's a glaze that's applied under the berries and then I paint some on top. It doesn't seem to run down the sides. Even if it did, pretend it's supposed to unless it runs all over. Like Sara Moultin says never admit anything. Just say that's the way it's supposed to be.

Cheesecakes are a HUGE part of my business.

One thing I've learned is: No two are EVER alike! I don't put a "side crust" on my cheesecakes, either. Just a bottom crust.

I usually fill the top with a white filling, either white chocolate, sour cream based, etc.

And, as far as the fruit goes, if it's a fruited flavor, like strawberry or raspberry--whatever--then I only place a small amount of the seedless fruit filling over the top of the "white" and let it drizzle down the sides--just for effect!

The real fruit topping--that goes into a hand painted (disposable) plastic container--for the guests!

Hope this helps,
--Knox--

Thank you!

Knoxcop, how do you handpaint your disposable containers?