UPDATE: The cheesecake was good. The crust was a different recipe (flour, sugar, butter) from what I am used to (graham cracker crumbs) and turned out rather like dwarf bread but tasty. Next time I’ll do the graham cracker crust.
The ziti was awesome by the way.
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I’m baking a cheesecake.
This will either be a comedy of errors — new oven, new springform pan, different recipe because I can’t find mine – or a triumph of my culinary skills. Needless to say, I am holding my breath. Cheesecake is dangerous, and not just because of the caloric content. You never know, until it comes out of the oven, if it worked. Did it cook properly or is it liquid in the middle? Did all the ingredients somehow separate into warring factions in the pan? When I open the form, will it stay intact? Will it taste good?
Assuming it isn’t a disaster, I am taking it to Sunday brunch at Ogre’s house. As an adopted member of the family, I get the benefit of many things, not the least of which is a home-cooked, balanced meal every Sunday. Today Ogre and his better half get to enjoy food prepared by others for a change. I think the main course is baked ziti, courtesy of youngest daughter and her fiance. Mmmmm.
I’ll let you know how the cheesecake turns out. No doubt the ziti will, at least, be good.
Comments (5)
Wow. Cooking, for real. I know your folks have some awesome cooking skills; bet you inherited them. I make the excuse here that the stove doesn’t work!
Now I like the dwarf-bread-like crust because graham crackers add too much flavor in competition with said cheesecake. People always want to defile the cheesecake with alien matter, cherries or blueberries or the swirly raspberry sauce all over the plate or, worse, chocolate sauce. I cannot stress this enough: Cheesecake defilement will be punished in the afterlife. There is a special place in hell for those who defile the perfect creaminess and delicate flavor of cheesecake. (I think they spend eternity with people who don’t use their blinker.)
Your responders are a tough crowd and issue many dire predictions.
DWARF bread? Where do you find stuff like this?
How’d it come out?
Dwarf bread is an artifact of Terry Pratchett books. Wonderful books by the way.
The cheesecake was creamy goodness (if I do say so myself). Some people put chocolate sauce on theirs but most did not because cheesecake is best when left alone.
I still prefer the graham cracker crust.