What's not to love about cheesecake?

  

Just thinking of it sets my mouth to watering a soft, smooth, rich and creamy piece of cheesecake. Cheesecakes have their own unique taste.The variation of cheesecakes gives a big range of flavour to cater everyone's tastebud.My dad loves cheesecake.That's why I love cheesecake too.I think it runs in the family.We used to spend time together at Secret Recipe indulging cheesecakes like there's no tomorrow..Oh I miss those moments..

A lil bit enlightenment on the history of cheesecake. It is believed that the origin of cheesecake is from the ancient Greece. The first recorded history of cheesecake is as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC. Cool huh?

I was craving for other cheesecake variations so I googled into my favourite website, allrecipe.com and  found a great master recipe for cheesecake.Thanks to Pam Anderson for the wonderful recipe.I've done a bit of adjustment to cater my own tastebud.I hope you guys like it..Enjoy the recipe!!!

This master recipe is for a plain original cheesecake.Continue reading to the bottom of the post to know the variation of cheesecake recipes you can create from this master recipe.

Ingredients needed to make a mouthwatering cheesecake :

The base

2 cups of biscuit crumbs of your choice (graham crackers, oat biscuits, famous chocolate wafers)

It's the matter of preference actually.I prefer the oat biscuits as the base for my cheesecake.

1 stick(115 gram) of butter, melted

The cake part

675 g of cream cheese  

1 cup of sugar

3 large eggs

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1/4 cup of heavy cream

1/4 cup of sour cream

Step by step to make the cheesecake

We start with the base

• Finely crush the biscuits you've chosen to make the crumbs.Blend them in a food processor is the fastest way of doing it.
• Mix the biscuit crumbs with a stick of melted butter.
• Then, press firmly onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• Walla!!! Dah siap pon base.

 Now let's continue to the cake part

•  With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Gradually beat in sugar on medium speed.
• Beat eggs, one at a time, just so that it is well blended..Don't overmixed.
• Reduce the speed to slow, beat in vanilla, followed by heavy cream and sour cream.
• Walla! Dah siap pon the cake part.Mhmmmm rich and creamy...
• Pour the batter over the prepared crust.

It's time to bake the cake..Before u start on the cake, u should preheat the oven to 165 degree celcius. I tried the water bath method to bake this cake.It's great as it prevents cracking on the top of the cheesecake.I would explain about it more when I write on the tips to bake a cheesecake.

• Bake the cake for 40 minutes or until the centre is almost set.
• Turn off the oven and leave the door slightly open.Let it be inside the over for about 30 minutes to ensure even cooling of the cake.

Cool in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.I repeat at least 4 hours.This is to ensure a good texture of the cheesecake.The longer you leave it in the fridge, the better the texture will get.This cheesecake can be kept for about 4 days.The one I did could barely last overnight.Satu rumah cheesecake lover kot...hee

There are a variety of cheesecake flavours that you can explore by experimenting with this master recipe.
I've tried two variations using this master recipe.The first one was Lemon Cheesecake and the second one was Snickers Cheesecake with chocolate peanut topping.

Lemon Cheesecake
You only need to stir in 4 teaspoons of finely grated lemon zest into the batter.For the topping, spread 1/2 cup of lemon curd over the top of the cheesecake.I couldn't find the lemon curd so I made my own.
You'll need 3 eggs,1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice,1/4 cup melted butter and 1 tablespoon of lemon zest.The recipe goes like this, Beat eggs and sugar in the top of a double boiler.Stir in lemon juice, butter and lemon zest.Cook for about 15 minutes or until the mixture thickened.Let it cool before pouring over the top of the cheesecake.

Lemon Cheesecake

You can try the recipe with other fruits like orange, apple, strawberries or raspberry.Topping the cake with fruit jams is also not a bad idea.

Snickers Cheesecake
If you like the cheesecake to be more chocolatey, you can use the Famous Chocolate Wafers as the base.Stir in 9 fun-size(15 gram) snickers bars into the batter, each cut into small pieces.I did chocolate ganache for the topping and sprinkled roasted almond on top of it.To know the way of making chocolate ganache, please click here.

 Snickers Cheesecake

Have you heard of Daim or Kit Kat cheesecake? Why not give it a try! I would love to try using Daim on the next attempt.Oh M&M suddenly popped into my mind...hee..x cuba x tahu kan..howoe

So what are you waiting for? Go ahead, bake, eat and be jolly!

Tschüss und mach's gut!