Sopapilla Cheesecake, sometimes known as Churro Cheesecake or Mexican Cheesecake, is a sweet cheesecake filling sandwiched between two layers of crescent rolls, and topped with cinnamon sugar for a rich and satisfying dessert.
A while back I ended up with a lot of canned crescent rolls due to a great sale at Costco, so I asked for ideas of what to do with them on our facebook page. One of our awesome readers, Joyce, said I should try sopapilla cheesecake, and Lucy told me that Joyce is a fantastic cook, so I decided to follow her advice.
Sopapilla cheesecake is a really simple recipe, but it has fantastic results. Everyone who tried these loved them!
Sopapilla Cheesecake

Sopapilla Cheesecake, sometimes known as Churro Cheesecake or Mexican Cheesecake, is a sweet cheesecake filling sandwiched between two layers
of crescent rolls, and topped with cinnamon sugar for a rich and satisfying dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls, (8 oz. each)
- 1 egg
- 2 packages cream cheese, softened (8 oz. each)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Unroll one can of dough, and spread it out in an ungreased 9x13 pan.
- Push down at the seams of the crescent rolls to get them to stick together well.
- In a medium bowl, beat egg, cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium until mixture reaches a smooth consistency.
- Spread mixture over dough.
- Unroll the second can of crescent rolls onto a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper and press the seams together. Then carefully transfer onto the top of the cheesecake layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden.
- While it's baking, in a small bowl combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar with cinnamon.
- When you pull the cake out of the oven, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top while it's still hot.
- Cool for 20-30 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Cookie
Friday 18th of August 2023
For those who don't like cinnamon (my lad), top with vanilla sugar, or 2x cocoa powder to 1x icing (confectioners) sugar or just brown sugar.
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Monday 21st of August 2023
That sounds like a delicious way to change up the recipe!
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I thought this would be a really complicated dish to make. I LOVE that it comes together pretty easily. Can't wait to enjoy!
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