mbrogier
05-11-2005, 05:49 PM
I am not a huge cheesecake fan. I know a good cheesecake when I taste it, but I don't go out of my way to eat them. I decided that I should know how to make a good cheesecake. Since I had a springform pan, why not?
I had tried a few as a teen, but they came out all cracked and overbaked. I had used a recipe in the Philadelphia cream cheese cookbook, and it tastes pretty good. I was going to make it again, but I came across the Raspberry Cheesecake in the "Families" cookbook and decided to try it minus the Raspberry topping.
It is fabulous. It isn't too thick and gunky. It is light and custardy, tall, and it holds together well. The graham cracker crust isn't too sweet, which I hate. It is also a mostly cream cheese custard. There is only 1/4 cup of sour cream. I didn't get much cracking, just around the sides. I think it was from a bit of overbeating and thermal shock. Ina doesn't do a waterbath, but I think the bath might keep the cracks from forming.
This is definitely a keeper cheesecake. It was pretty and tastes good all by itself. I still am partial to cheesecake with cherry topping. ;)
I also want to try a turtle cheesecake, a key lime cheesecake, and a secret I'm making it up in my head cheesecake. (will post if I figure it out)
So, if anyone lives in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago...I have lots of cheesecake! :D
I had tried a few as a teen, but they came out all cracked and overbaked. I had used a recipe in the Philadelphia cream cheese cookbook, and it tastes pretty good. I was going to make it again, but I came across the Raspberry Cheesecake in the "Families" cookbook and decided to try it minus the Raspberry topping.
It is fabulous. It isn't too thick and gunky. It is light and custardy, tall, and it holds together well. The graham cracker crust isn't too sweet, which I hate. It is also a mostly cream cheese custard. There is only 1/4 cup of sour cream. I didn't get much cracking, just around the sides. I think it was from a bit of overbeating and thermal shock. Ina doesn't do a waterbath, but I think the bath might keep the cracks from forming.
This is definitely a keeper cheesecake. It was pretty and tastes good all by itself. I still am partial to cheesecake with cherry topping. ;)
I also want to try a turtle cheesecake, a key lime cheesecake, and a secret I'm making it up in my head cheesecake. (will post if I figure it out)
So, if anyone lives in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago...I have lots of cheesecake! :D