Dec 29 2008
My First Cooking Attempt In New House
On Christmas Eve, I planned to order pizza and bake a cheese cake for our dinner. I finally found my missing cookbook during the packing for our move!
Our Christmas ‘feast’ became disaster when…
- our pizza was 1 hour late
- my cheese cake is 1 day late
LOL! Long time didn’t bake, I forgot that it needs 2 hours baking time, and needs to be chilled before applying apricot glaze, and needs to be chilled further before consumption. And I started the process at 3pm!! So, it was finally ready for consumption on Christmas day itself.
Anyhow, this is the most successful attempt I have on the Cheese Cake…
It is so rich that actually 1 pc should be shared instead of eaten by 1 person.
Here is the recipe:
INGREDIENTS
(A)
1 kilo cream cheese
300 grams castor sugar (I reduced to 250g)
4 small eggs
100g double cream
1 lemon rind (grated)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
(B)
120 grams crushed biscuits
120 grams melted butter
(mixed together)
METHOD
1. Cream the cheese and sugar together and slowly add in the eggs. Then add in the grated lemon rind and juice. Finally add in the double cream.
2. Pour the mixture into a lined and floured 9″ round tin with (B) at the bottom.
3. Bake at 150C for 2 hours over a tray of water.
4. When cooked, chill and demould, then glaze the top with apricot glaze.
At first I thought I screwed up the cake. Almost towards the end, the tray of water where my cake tin was inside, has traces of oil. When I took it out, I then realized that there is a hole at the bottom of the aluminium foil – water sipped in!!
I imagined that the cake is smeared at the bottom due to that leak. But it turned out okay. Whew! 
Looks really promising.
Jason: Hehehe, after SIL tried it, she called me asking for more! That is a confidence booster, coz she is very picky in her desserts.
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