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| japanese cheesecake |
this past weekend we had a pinterest party with some of our friends. definition of a pinterest party: make something from pinterest. we did a pinterest food party so we all made food. i've also heard of a pinterest craft party, which sounds quite fun (everyone plans a pinterest craft and brings supplies for everyone to make that craft.)
so, for the pinterest food party i decided to try making japanese cheesecake. i was hoping it would be like the panya bakery version...not quite there but maybe if i keep at it :)
here's the recipe i followed:
http://www.joepastry.com/2011/japanese-cheesecake-recipe/
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| melt butter, cream cheese, and milk in the microwave in 10 second intervals |
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| keep melting and stirring until mixture has a smooth consistency |
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| sift dry ingredients (except the sugar and cream of tartar) |
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| separate eggs |
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| mix wet ingredients, dry ingredients, and egg yolks together |
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| beat egg yolks and add cream of tartar and sugar...fold into wet mixture |
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line a spring form pan and cover outside w/ foil so that water won't leak in
as the cake will bake in a water bath |
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| top with cream topping (i used a condensed milk, heaving whipping cream, and brown sugar mixture) |
upon reflecting on the cheesecake, it was a lot denser than i had hoped it would be. i think part of it had to do with the egg whites. you're supposed to beat until foamy and then add in cream of tartar and sugar and continue to beat until soft peaks form. i dumped the cream of tartar and sugar in all at once...it kind of made the egg whites heavy and not so airy. next time, i think i'll add the sugar in gradually. hopefully this helps make the final cake more fluffy :)
my husband made meat pies for his dish and had extra dough so i decided to make pear pies with it. we rolled the dough, and created a pear + butter + brown sugar mixture. then we stuffed the pies with the pear mixture plus some delicious goodness of brie cheese :) next we folded the pies closed, topped with an egg wash and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and baked....yum yum! :)
