Its a defeating feeling, but there is achancethe cheesecake can still be saved if water seeps into it.

What Is a Water Bath?

Sometimes water from the larger pan seeps into the cake.

Chocolate cheesecake in waterbath. Person holding tea kettle with water to illustrate how to save a cheesecake if it gets wet.

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Do you oughta use a bain-marie for cheesecake?

How Did Water Get Into My Cheesecake!?!

Not all things go as planned.

two kinds of aluminum foil infront of a spring form pan.

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(Not all bubbles are signs of water.

Some small bubbles rising to the surface are air bubbles and those are just fine.)

I dont want to give you false hopes.

A knife slicing through the brittle topping of the best creme bruelee cheesecake

Creme Brulée Cheesecake.Simply Recipes / Alison Bickel

This doesnt always save a wet cheesecake.

How To Save It Once the Cake Has Finished Baking

Sometimes you just have to improvise.

Chances are the actual cake is fine, and its just the crust thats wet and unappealing.

Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake

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If you have your heart set on serving a whole cake, cover up the mistake!

You are going to reinvent this dessert!

Part of life in the kitchen is making mistakes.

You are not alone in glorious kitchen failures.

(I once set an entire baking sheet of marshmallows on fire.)

The good news is youll know what to do next time!