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Orange Cheesecake

Felicia — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:55:38 +0000

I have to say that it took me a while to start making cheesecake and for some reason I believed it was difficult to make but that is a fairytale now. You can surprise your audience even when you do it for the first time.

Tips.

1.It is very important that the ingredients stay at the room temperature for at least an hour especially the cream cheese and the butter.

2.Use a springform pan and preheat the oven before.

3.Do not overbeat the cake

4.Lossen the edge of the cheesecake with a thin knife to prevent the cracking.

5.Do not open the door of the oven while it is baking.

Ingredients for orange cheesecake:

1 1/2 cups honey wafer crumbs

1/4 cup butter or margarine melted

3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese softened

1 can sweetened condensed milk small can

1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed

3 eggs

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Directions: Preheat oven to 300 F .Combine crumbs and butter and press firmly on bottom of 9” spring form pan. In a mixer bowl stirring the cheese until you see creamy look. Add the sweetened condensed milk and continue to stir until smooth. Add the eggs one by one, the orange juice and the zest. Mix very well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. Do not bake for more than 60 minutes even if the cake looks not ready otherwise the cheese will start cracking on the top. Turn oven off and let sit in the oven for another hour with the door closed. Cool and chill overnight or at least 3 hours before serving. Decorate with oranges caramelized or orange zest. Serve 12.

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Carrot Cake

Felicia — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:07:35 +0000

This recipe is one of my favorite one. Any time I make it I impress my guest.Carrot cake is an old fashion recipe but it is still on many people’s favorite’s desert list.

Carrot Cake Ingredients:
1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 cup of white sugar
2 eggs
3 oz vegetable oil
1/2 cup of crushed pineapple
1 cup of grated carrots
1/4 cup of chopped nuts
1/4 cup of dry raisins
Cream Cheese Icing

1 1/2 tbsp of butter
1/2 cup of icing sugar
4 oz of Philadelphia cream cheese (do not use the cream cheese spread)
1 tbsp of vanilla
Directions : Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Grease the pan with butter and coat with flour. Mix the dry ingredients (flour,baking powder,salt,baking soda and the sugar).Set aside.

Mix the wet ingredients as follow. Beat the white of the egg until firm.Add the yolks, egg, drained pineapple, carrots and the chopped nuts and the dry raisins.

Incorporate the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients in the oven at 350F for 50 to 60 minutes.

One time I just decided that I am going to change the shape of the cake and I added some pineapple at the bottom of the pan and on the sides and really liked the way it turned out.See image below.Notice that I did not use any icing as well.

Apple Pie

Felicia — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:47:33 +0000

When I was a kid I used to do a similar apple cake with my mother and I absolutely loved it. The apples are know as very healthy and in many cultures you have the saying..”an apple a day keeps the disease away”

Let me know if you tries this recipe and how it turned out.