Making Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

9. Soften the Cream Cheese

Remove the cream cheese from its cardboard package and foil wrapper. It works best to put the cream cheese in a shallow saucer. Using the shallow saucer will ease getting it off when it has been softened. Use a microwavable dish. We gave our cream cheese 30 seconds. That did the job. Do one package at a time.