After baking, turn the oven off, crack the oven door and leave the cheesecake to cool inside the cooling oven for 1 hour. After 1 hour, remove the cheesecake from the oven, the water bath and the larger 10 inch cake pan. Place the springform pan on a cooling rack to cool the cheesecake at room temperature for 1 additional hour. Chill for 6 hours.