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Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk curds and cream. It is generally made with cow’s milk. Cream cheese is widely consumed around the world because of its sweet and savory applications.
It can be used to make cheesecake, creamy and savory dips for your late-night snacks, or you can simply use it to spread on toasted bagels or bread. Ideally, a good cream cheese needs to be silky smooth and fluffy.
It should not contain any lumps, or it may spoil your finished dish. Nobody wants lumpy cheesecake! Usually, the problem isn’t with the cream cheese itself but occurs when the cheese gets mixed with other ingredients for a cheesecake such as eggs or icing sugar for the frosting.
Today, we will be covering all the details that you need to know on how to get lumps out of cream cheese mixtures.
How to Get Lumps Out of Cream Cheese
- The lumps often arise because the cream cheese is too cold when you try to blend it. Remember to leave it out of the refrigerators so that it can get to room temperature before you use it.
- Ensure the other ingredients such as eggs and butter are also at room temperature.
- If you forgot to take the cream cheese out of the fridge and don’t have time to wait, put the cream cheese into the microwave for a short time – approximately 10 to 15 seconds. This should be sufficient to soften the cream cheese. Then, give it a good mix with an electric beater to break up the lumps.
- Beat the cream cheese properly before adding other ingredients to it.
- If you need to add sugar to the mixture/cream cheese, beat the cream cheese first. You can then add sugar in a granulated form. Make sure to use an electric beater when mixing it.
- Avoid adding eggs before removing the lumps in the cheese. If you heat the mixture after adding eggs, you might risk cooking eggs in it.
- An immersion blender can also do its magic to work out the lumps in cream cheese. Such blenders are super handy to smooth out anything, including lumpy sauces and gravies.
- Another trick that you can use is to put the bowl of cream cheese into a pot of nearly boiling water for 30 seconds or so. Once the cheese has warmed slightly, mix it well to dissolve the lumps and get the desired smooth texture.
The main principle behind getting smooth cream cheese is that to get a perfectly smooth and silky texture, the cheese is required to be either at room temperature or slightly warmer than room temperature.
Bottom Line
Lumps will affect the quality of whatever you’re making with your cream cheese. We hope our tips have helped you to get rid of them!