Category: cheesecake
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burnt basque cheesecake
This is sort of the anti-cheesecake. You don’t need to make the parchment paper neat around it. In fact, put a lot of creases along the sides with the parchment paper, it adds character. You don’t need to bake it at a low temperature, you don’t need multiple temperatures, and you don’t need to put…
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japanese cheesecake
I’ve seen this around for a few years, made it once before for someone’s birthday, but this time I wanted to try out my smaller springform (7-inch diameter) pan that has been waiting patiently in my cupboard to be used. I initially thought this would be a good size for making a dessert for two,…
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crustless cheesecake with raspberry coulis
Happy National Cheesecake Day! I had some leftover cream cheese AND sour cream that I didn’t use for the wedding cake last week, plus I noticed that the food holiday for today is National Cheesecake Day (Which to me, I don’t usually follow. We’ve gone overboard with all the fake arbitrary food holidays, IMO, but…
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What A Crock! Slow Cooker Cheesecake
I usually don’t think of using my slow cooker for making dessert, but this recipe interested me because it removes the need to mess with a water bath in one’s oven, which has always been one of the things I don’t like about making a cheesecake. Plus, the resulting cheesecake promised to be “unbelievably silky” from the steam…
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Ginger cheesecake with caramel bananas
Initially I thought that topping this cheesecake with candied crystallized ginger would be appropriate, but it turns out that bananas work much better with both the caramel and the cheesecake. One substitute I did make from the original recipe, however, was to use Anna’s ginger thins instead of digestive biscuits, simply because I have…
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Goat Cheese Cheesecake with Cherry Black Pepper Compote and Homemade Graham Cracker Crust
I’ve been wanting to make Anne Burrell’s Goat Cheese Cheesecake for the longest time, but didn’t want to make the traditional shape using a springform pan and cutting it into wedges. Plus, I had this pan that had been stored away, years ago, after only one use. So, today I made six individual half-spheres of goat…