Cheese Cake for Every Birthday

Believe it or not cheese cake is one of the easiest things to make for someone’s birthday.

When it comes to sweet treats, my friends are my biggest fans. They will never left something uneaten. So, imagine what can happen with a cheesecake, left alone together with 20 plastic teaspoons at a table in a bar – gone in 60 seconds. This was the situation with my cheese cake made for P’s birthday, last Saturday night. I wasn’t able even to make a picture of it.

Initially, I was thinking to post the recipe on Sunday. But since there was no final picture of the cake, I gave up.

But the cake provoked such an interest. People were asking me about the recipe all the time, and because the aim of my blog is to teach people how to cook and to show them that things which look difficult, actually are very easy, I felt that it is my duty to publish the recipe even without an image. And beside all, everyone saw it in reality, so they know what to expect.

For those of you, who accidentally have stopped by, do not bother just do it and may be you will be surprised by the result.

Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 660 gr Cream Cheese Philadelphia
• 1 small package sour cream - 250gr.
• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons corn starch
• 2/3 tea cup of sugar + 3 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
• grated peel of one lemon
• 2 vanillas
• 2 cups crashed vanilla flavored cookies
• 125 gr melted butter
• sour cherry jam for glazing

Preheat the oven to 160 C, and position a rack in the middle of the oven. Cut a parchment circle to fit the bottom of a springform pan.

Combine crashed cookies and the 3 tbl spoons of sugar in a bowl. Stir in the melted butter with a fork until well combined. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Leave to cool down while you prepare the filling.

Lower the oven temperature to 130C. Beat the cream cheese at medium-low speed with an electric mixer until creamy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the sugar, then the corn starch. Don’t forget to scrape the sides of the bowl. Mix in the vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the sour cream at the end.

Brush the sides of the spring form with melted butter. Pour the filling into the pan. Put the spring form in one plastic package used for roasting meats. Place the springform in a larger roasting pan and pour hot water into the roasting pan so that it comes about halfway up the springform. Transfer carefully to the oven and bake until the filling is just set, about one hour and a half.  If the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan sooner than that, remove it from the oven. Immediately remove the pan from the water. Place on a wire rack to cool to room temperature for 4 -5 hours. I left mine for one night.

With thin knife separate the chilled cake form the pan sides, open the spring and remove outer part of the pan. Transfer it to a plate and spread some sour cherry jam on the top. Put in the fridge for a couple of hours. Before serving take it out from the fridge and decorate with whipped cream.

Enjoy

Desi

Products:
eggs
dairy » cream cheese
dairy » sour cream
sugar » white

Plane Cookies and Egg Cream Cake

Preparation time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Serves: 30 medium pieces (cake tray 25x40 cm)                                   4 pack plane rectangular cookies For the cream: 6 eggs 1l + 300ml milk 9 full tablespoons flour 10 full tablespoons sugar 100 g white chocolate 250 g butter 2 vanilla 1 pinch saffron For the decoration: ...

Hazelnut Cake with Saffron Cream

Preparation time: 4-5 hours Serves: 10 Recipe is adopted from http://yoli-www.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html                               For the cake crusts: 10 egg whites300 g brown sugar300 g finely ground hazelnuts - peeled and roasted (hazelnuts could be ground in a blender or food processor)4 tbsp flourZest of one lime / lemon/4 vanillas   For the cream: 1 liter milk 10 tbsp brown sugar2 ...

Tiramisu

Preparation time: 1 hour Servings: 10                                       4 eggs 4 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp Baileys or Rum 500 g mascarpone 200 g sour cream 1 large package (400-500 grams) Biscotti /“Lady fingers”/ 4 tbsp instant coffee 2 tbsp cocoa powder 750 ml water zest of one orange Divide egg yolks from the whites. Put the water to a boil and dissolve 3 ...

This week in the kitchen - Update of the recipe content in English

    Dear English speaking Friends,   I own you an excuse for not posting recipes and articles in English during the last two years. I hope you are still here and still following me.The good news is that I am currently reorganizing my site and this also includes translation of the most interesting ...

What I have in my fridge?

If you′re wondering what to cook with the products you have in the fridge, use our Search Engine. Enter the basic product and its types, click on "Search". A list of recipes that contain all of the products or part of them wil be displayed.

Most Popular

Melon and Basil Smoothie

A hundred percent refreshing drink for a hot or tough day. All you need is a piece of chilled melon, few fresh sprigs of basil, cold water and ice. Blend everything together and serve in a tall glass with extra basil leaves. Cheers,   Desi

Blackberry Smoothie

Preparation time: 10 minutes Serves:2                                 1 cup blackberries 1 banana 2 ripe pears 200 ml of rice- coconut milk. May be replaced with water or plain milk fresh mint Cut the pears into cubes, don’t remove the seeds seeds. Put all fruits in a blender and process. Finally, add the milk and mix.     Serve in glasses with ...

Изработка на сайт

• Site Map
• About the Club
• Contacts
• Terms of Use
• Copyrights
• FAQ