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I am having a lot of fun with these tiny rectangular cheesecakes. Here’s another one for those who prefer plain over chocolate. This is a scaled down version of Nigella Lawson’s “London Cheesecake”. I bake it at a different temperature and of course, use a petite loaf pan.. If you’ve ever made a cheesecake, you [...]
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If you’re starting to think about Valentine’s Day desserts or if you just like chocolate cheesecake, here’s a good one that serves two. I came up with this a few years ago and have had fun trying different variations. Sometimes I make it with a cookie dough crust (like in the picture) and other times [...]
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Last week we had dessert at a restaurant called Junior’s. Junior’s is famous for a lot of things, but what most people know them for is their thick, dense, creamy cheesecake with a sponge cake crust. While the sponge cake crust is certainly delicious and a great way to make a cheesecake stand out from [...]
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Today seemed like a good day for cheesecake. I hadn’t made one in a while, so I decided to go with a something simple yet interesting. This is an old Philadelphia brand cream cheese recipe. The picture in my cookbook shows the cheesecake garnished with chocolate leaves. Normally, I’d skip making …
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I don’t think I’ll be baking today, so instead here’s a recipe which is about 3 years old. It first appeared in a 2004 issue of Southern Living, and I am quite sure I jumped on it immedialtely. The original recipe with reviews from other readers is located on SL’s recipe finder. …
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For Fuzz’s second birthday, I decided to make a Hello Kitty cake. So being the combination neurotic mother/obsessive baker that I am, I auditioned various cake recipes, tested out icings, and of course, practiced carving the cake into shapes. Each new and improved Hello Kitty cake would go to Todd’s office, where he’d place it [...]
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This recipe from How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking is one of my favorites. It’s very dense and the extra egg yolks give it a bold, cornflower-yellow color. It’s also hard to screw up. Just make sure you don’t over-beat the eggs (I stir mine in with a [...]
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It’s been a busy week and a busy day. Tonight is supper club, and since I’m the designated dessert person, I decided to make Cooking Light’s Triple Hazelnut Cheesecake, which I prepared in about 20 minutes yesterday evening. This is probably my all-time favorite Cooking Light dessert. I love it because it always gets …
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