New York cheesecake
The invisible baker devil stirred awake one day and surreptitiously slipped in the idea of baking a cheesecake into my husband’s head. The result?
Hubby: So, what cake will I be bringing into the office next Monday?
Me : (Blah blah blah) …. er what?
Hubby: You are going to bake a cake this weekend, aren’t you? *makes evil smile*
Me : Er…. marble cake?
Hubby: Cheesecake! *Evil smile widens into a triumphant one*
Me : ??!?
So Saturday came along and we trudged into a well-stocked hypermart to grab the required ingredients. While he sauntered off to the snacks shelves, I planted myself at the dairy section and searched for cream cheese. RM36 worth of cream cheese! Total damage for the day was close to RM50.
This is what I used for my cheesecake, a little modified from a recipe I found online:
• 15 Oreo cookies, or about 1.5 packs
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 4 packages of 8oz. cream cheese (3 1/2 of those 250g cream cheese packs)
• 1 cup sugar (230 g)
• 3/4 cup milk (180 ml)
• 4 eggs • 1 cup sour cream (230 g)
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 flour (30 g)
(The original recipe calls for a 9″ pan, but I only had an 8″ one, so some finger-crossing there.)
Below are my exact steps:
1) Crush the Oreo cookies into crumbs. Initially, I broke the Oreos into quarters and used the back of a sturdy plastic scoop to bash the bejesus out of them. Struggled for a few minutes with flying Oreo crumbs and stubborn unbashable pieces. (Note to self: do not keep Oreos in fridge)
2) Butter’s still in the fridge! Take butter out of refrigerator, then carve out a piece that looks like 2 tablespoons’s worth into a small bowl lying in a deep dish of hot water to melt it.
3) Continue bashing Oreos. Give up the bashing, and pull out an electric grinder. Take that you Oreos! Mix Oreo crumbs with melted butter. Press firmly onto the bottom of a springform pan to form a crust. Set aside.
4) Preheat oven at 175 degrees Celcius.
5) Open packages of cream cheese – damn, still quite hard – and place into mixing bowl. Mix cream cheese until quite smooth, add in sugar, and continue mixing.
6) Mix in milk.
7) Add in one egg at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate them.
8) Add sour cream, vanilla extract and flour, continue mixing until smooth.
9) Pour mixture into pan. Bake in preheated oven at 175 degrees Celcius for 1 hour. After that, keep oven door closed and let it cool for at least 1 more hour.
11 ) Refrigerate to firm up the cake even more, then serve!
Top view of the cheesecake
Side view
I think I just scored more brownie points with the hubby!
Tags: baking, cheesecake
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