Cheesecake Venture

[Marshall Banana]

My dad's birthday is in less than a week, and he loves cheesecake, so I want to attempt to make one!

These instructions look good to me: <a href="http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake.html" target="_blank">http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake.html</a>. I've been told that good cheesecake is really difficult to make, though, so I'm wary of such a simple recipe. Anyone who's made cheesecake before (that wasn't from a box), please give me advice before I try!

These look yummy, too, but I don't have sticks: <a href="http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake-pops.html" target="_blank">http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake-pops.html</a>.

[Meat Puppet]

kikimm makes the best cheesecake in the world!

imo

[Marshall Banana]

Bring her to me.

[Rodarian]

Cheesecakes are my biggest weakness...

Bring Kiki to me as well!

[Rye]

I've helped make a cheesecake pie. That's easier, but it's overall pretty easy!

[IronOcean]

seriously i make about 25 cheesecakes a week i can give you my recipe if you want just tell what flavor you likes and i will tell you how i do it :D

[Markus. D]

I like original the most <3

[kikimm]

That doesn't seem like a bad recipe to me, cheesecake recipes usually are that simple, but it doesn't really seem like she knows too much what she's doing. :P You don't have to "hope that it doesn't crack." If you don't overmix the batter, and you bake the cheesecake in a waterbath (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/3109456614_93ebfd2959.jpg) (putting the cheesecake pan in a deep-sided dish like that, and put an inch or two of hot water in and bake it like that), and letting it cool properly when it comes out of the oven, you should be all right. :P

And this is just a preference, but I would leave out the flour. But that's just because I like my cheesecakes super dense and rich, not at all cakey. But that is up to you! Or perhaps your dad. 3T might not even do that much.

Also, make sure to have the cream cheese and eggs at room temperature before mixing, so they get incorporated easier, and to make sure you don't overmix the batter. Mix until everything is just incorporated.

And when you take it out of the oven, it should just be wobbly in the center. If it's not, there's no harm in leaving it in longer. :) But if you accidentally take it out too early, shouldn't be to much of a problem if you stick it in the fridge for like a day, then most of it should set, and should just be a little gooey in the middle. :P

Hmm, I know I was kind of all over the place with this reply. Oh, also, grease the sides of the pan with butter or something like that to help with separating the cheesecake from the sides.

Okay I'm done for now. :aimblush:

[Marshall Banana]

Thanks!

[Miriel]

I've made cheesecake before:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/hannahgoesrawr/cheesecake.jpg

It was hard and took a long ass time to make. I probably won't ever attempt it again, just cause for the amount of time that it took and the cost of the ingredients, and the end result, I'd be better off just buying one.

I used this (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/simply-delicious-new-york-style-cheesecake-with-strawberry-sauce-recipe/index.html) recipe from Food Network.

[Marshall Banana]

My cheesecake was okay, but the vanilla flavor was too strong.

[Aerith's Knight]

I have to know this know, mostly because I've never had it..

Is cheesecake made with real cheese? Because that seems kind of weird.

[Formalhaut]

Ive never tried Cheesecake...

[Marshall Banana]

I have to know this know, mostly because I've never had it..

Is cheesecake made with real cheese? Because that seems kind of weird.
Cream cheese.

[Aerith's Knight]

Wouldn't that make an insanely filling cake?

[demondude]

Yes.

[Rantz]

My mum makes delicious cheesecake. :drool:

[Rye]

Yeah, it's made of cream cheese, but it doesn't TASTE like cream cheese. Real cream cheese makes me want to vomit, but cheesecakes are =O~~~<3

[Shlup]

I fear that if I attempted to make a cheesecake I would eat all of the ingredients before it was even done.

[Fonzie]

I fear that if I attempted to make a cheesecake I would eat all of the ingredients before it was even done.

This explains why you have to buy so much silverware so often. :p

[Raistlin]

I know I'm the only one of this kind in existence, but I don't like cheesecake.

[demondude]

I know I'm the only one of this kind in existence, but I don't like cheesecake.

:monocle:

[kikimm]

I'm really surprised that was too much vanilla, 1Tb is pretty normal for a cake with so much cream cheese!