Saturday, February 26, 2011

Lin Style Jumba-Cheesecake (Improvisation with Strawberry CC and Godiva)

Finished Piece

As requested, I made my signature cheesecake once again. This time I had a little fun experimenting different things. First, I precisely measured the amount of sugar used with the US-cup system instead of measuring in grams (which I didn't do previously anyways lol). Second, I used two kinds of cheese. One was strawberry flavored cream cheese; the other one was Neufchatel cheese (later mixed with shaved chocolate), which, according to its label, has one-third less fat compared to cream cheese (pretty good huh, plus it didn't affect the taste at all). I semi-mixed the two together at the end (before baking), and the taste turned out to be pretty exciting. Third, I used a small cake-mold my cousin bought a while ago, which made the cheesecake cookie-like. Lastly, I used gelatin and banana slice to decorate the cake and took the pictures with my aunt and uncle's camera since I left mine in the dorm...
Experimentation =]


The recipe is pretty similar to the one I used last time. Refer to this article "Lin Style Cheesecake"posted last August (whoa, time flies).

Left: Strwbry Cream Cheese/ Right: Neufchatel



Main Cake Prior to Baking

Fresh-out-the-oven; you're not supposed to eat it yet lol.