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Never made a cheese cake before/Hot some advice for me?

post #1 of 7
5/11/07 at 9:52am
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Hi Everybody,

Tomorrow I am going to make a cheese cake for my mother in-law (we are going to her house on Sunday,) I have to admit that I have no clue as to what to do other then simply follow the directions.:blush: If anyone has any helpful hint for me they would be greatly appreciated. One other question. I want to make it look pretty as well as making it taste good. Got any good advice for me on that end too?

TIA,
Kelley
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post #2 of 7
5/11/07 at 10:08am
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OOPS! Sorry about the typo. I ment: got some advice for me? Oh, and here is the recipe: Junior's Famous Cheesecake Recipe | Recipezaar
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post #3 of 7
5/11/07 at 10:10am
leave your cream cheese out at room temp just like you'd do for butter if making cookies. and warm up your eggs before using them. put them in a container with hot tap water to gently warm them up. dont make your crust too thick- or have too much butter. it only needs enough butter in the crust to hold your crumbs together (assuming you are using cookie crumbs) .

when you bake your cheesecake, you dont really need a water bath. some ppl are scared of the water bath . you can set your oven at 275 and just bake the cheesecake very low until you tap the side of it, and the enitre cake "jiggles as one" .

as for decorating it.... depends on what kind. for chocolate, you can make a bit of ganache and let it gently run down the sides for that drippy look. for vanilla cheesecake, use things like fresh fruit dusted with powdered sugar.

you an buy some (or make some) lemon curd and smooth that over the top and then grarnish with fresh raspberries or strawberries.. i would stray away from the canned cherry pie filling- its good, but not as impressive..
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post #4 of 7
5/11/07 at 10:12am
thanks for posting the recipe as i was typing my reply! lol
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post #5 of 7
5/11/07 at 10:33am
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Thanks for the advice. That lemon curd with the fresh raspberries sounds so good. Nice and summery and refreshing. That should go great with the pound cake crust seeing that it has some lemon extract in it.
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post #6 of 7
5/11/07 at 5:19pm

Uh, which Junior's recipe? Poundcake?

The only Junior's recipes I know of are crumb style crusts.

Poundcake "crust" seems like heresy to me. :eek:

I hope the recipes mentioned a pan of water in the bottom to make certain the top doesn't crack.

I've got a great chocolate espresso orange cheesecake that we designed. It's pretty eclectic though.

Fresh berries and powder sugar dust is nice. Fresh raspberries and then drizzle a lace of melted chocolate over the top is a really yummy and pretty presentation.


April
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post #7 of 7
5/12/07 at 9:41am
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Hi April,

Here is the for the Junior's Cheese Cake with the pound cake bottom: Junior's Famous Cheesecake Recipe | Recipezaar

Kelley
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