” Friends that baked together… ate together… gained weight together”lol! 😉
together we bake and eat
This challenge is nearing to an end so we decided to bind force and bake together!
Flavour no. 44 Banana and Nutella Cheesecake
Flavour no. 44 Banana and Nutella Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust:
2 pks biscuits of your choice ( I forgot the brand, sorry beautybeyondfifty is..)
1/3 cup butter
Mix together ,press into the springform pan and set aside.
Filling:
3 pkgs (300g each) of Philadelphia cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup whipping cream
3 pcs banana mashed and mix with 1/2 cup condensed milk
1 tsp banana essence
Topping:
Nutella
Directions:
Pre-heat oven Mark Gas #3
nutella on top
Beat the cheese at medium speed, add sugar and egg one at a time. Combine sour cream and whipping cream.Add banana mixture and banana essence. Pour into the prepared crust. Wrap the pan with aluminium foil, place it in another bigger tray with hot water(3 cups). Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave the oven door slightly open for another 30 min. Remove and let it cool. Chill for additional of 3-4 hrs.
The ladies in action!
fresh from the ovenclose up view
And the winner is…
In fairness of all , the cheesecake turned out very well and delicious!
Ladies, this activity is so much fun and very therapeutic to our tummy 🙂 and body hahaha!
and guess what?
we did some zen cooling down after continuous eating (breakfast-lunch-afternoon tea and cheesecake)
I know 😉 my phone will be ringing in few minutes after I publish this…why you include this picture?
Countdown..8 to Flavour no. 42 Nectarine with Peaches and Cream Cheesecake
flavour # 42 Nectarine with peaches and cream Cheesecake
This friday is a well spent day with my friends ,I did an extra cake , a sponge cake with pineapple,orange and banana flavour ,I used Cheese and butter cream frosting on top. I also practice how to pipe but unfortunately the cake gave in. I guess it was too soft and the icing is quite heavy. that’s only my guess 🙂
before i finish frosting the cake cracked
and eventually gave in
a beautiful start cheese and butter cream frosting
Anyhow, my friends and I ate the cake and cheesecakes with delight and laughter. The cheesecake is perfect in taste and texture…must be! considering this is my 42nd flavour.. I’m down to eight more.. more push!
Nectarine with peaches and cream Cheesecake
I combined the puree of fresh nectarine with the cheese mixture and top it with sour cream and peaches.
nectarine puree
nectarine hearts
I also added a heart-shaped nectarine inside the cheesecake and look who got the first heart?
first nectarine heart
Is this a paid advertisement? hahaha whatever it is, he is all into it 🙂
And our new taster of the day!
hmmm nice smile!
You see, even though the cheesecake haven’t reach her palate yet, she is already in full smile!
and my ever loyal friends who survives my cheesecake challenge, thanks goodness, we’re not putting that much weight!!
I think cheesecake diet works wonder 🙂
cheesecake diet works wonder!ladies and who?
my ever loyal friends!
were all ready to rumble!
with all my mishap in the kitchen, good thing to know, I kept my friends or should I say …maybe they just don’t have much choices?
The end is near for the last 10 flavours of Cheesecake Challenge! Countdown begins now…
Flavour #41 Dates and walnut Cheesecake (food for the gods)
Huh! What a way to start the countdown.. cheesecake for the gods 🙂 this recipe is a combination of dates, walnut and cheese for which it is commonly called ” food for the gods”. I am not sure why and how the cake got its name but let me guess. Dates and walnuts are not common in the Philippines, hence, it’s quite expensive to make it.Gods, may denote rich and famous people. Back then, It was only for the rich and famous who can afford to have this kind of cake, middle class people tried to have it at least during special occasion like Christmas. Well, this is my theory of how this cake got the name” food for the Gods”. Am I making sense?
Alright let’s add cheese to the lavish and rich ingredients of this cake, tailored for the King and Queen as well hahaha, kidding aside, this cheesecake is deliciously rich! Try it and maybe you might say, its heaven! 🙂
Flavour # 41 Dates and walnut Cheesecake
Saudi Arabia is the homeland of Date palm trees.It is a must to break their fast during Ramadan with dates and water. There are about 300 types of dates in Saudi Arabia. Oh! let’s not get into detail, let’s bake cheesecake!
dates
For a more beautiful presentation of cheesecake for the gods, I choose a different baking pan, so my cheesecake will look like a “chess” board.
dates paste
Ingredients:
Cake base
1 1/4 cups cake flour
1 cup date paste
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
3 pcs eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Cheese filling:
2 pks (300 g each) Philadelphia cream cheese
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup whipping cream
Directions:
Pre heat oven Gas mark # 3
Cream butter until fluffy, add sugar slowly while mixing at medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, continue until thoroughly mix. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients, add it to the butter mixture. Add dates and walnuts, continue beating until well combined.
In a separate bowl, combine cheese and sugar,(i used rubber spatula) add egg one at a time. Continue mixing,add sour cream and whipping cream. Mix well until smooth.
spray the pan with butter.
Place the cake batter at the outer part and the cheese batter at the inner side. Repeat the other way on the second set.
1st pan
2nd pan
Bake for 40 minutes. Let it cool for another hour before decorating.
Serving suggestions:
top with dates and nutsgorgeous combinationheavenly gooddeliciously insane
Ladies, this cheesecake is for the King and Queen! Please try and enjoy the lavish treat! 🙂
Yay! it’s the 40th cheesecake, I’m down to only ten cheesecake!
I like to bake something that is not popular at the market, indeed,it was hard to find fresh fig at the supermarket here! I know there’s dry figs everywhere but I like to use the fresh one with my 40th cheesecake. I was airing my problem to my consultant and he’s kind of …
you’re crazy! why doing all of these cheesecakes! ( nope, there was no eyes movement but I saw some faint smile on his lips)
aha! I think you know where I can find fresh fig? don’t you?
he chuckled !
Oh! please only few pieces will do!
Crazy!
end of conversation…I’m smiling..he is smiling and you’re smiling..I know!
“Fig Cheesecake” the 40th flavour of my cheesecake challenge!
Flavour #40 – Fig Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust:
6 pcs digestive biscuits (crushed)
1/2 cup almond meal
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp butter
Filling:
1 (300g) Light Philadelphia cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sour yogurt
1/3 cup whipping cream
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
pink violet food colour (optional)
1 tbsp flour
3 pcs figs
Toppings:
Fig puree (3 pcs figs,1/3 cup water and 1tsp cornstarch)
fresh fig fruit cut according to your style
fresh fig on top
Directions:
Pre heat oven Mark Gas #3
Mix biscuits, almond meal and sugar, add butter and mix thoroughly. Press into the pan (any size will do). Set aside.
Mix cream cheese and sugar, add yogurt, vanilla,whipping cream and eggs. Beat at medium speed, add food colour and small pieces of cut fig fruit and flour. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour into the prepared crust and baked for 45 minutes if using mini pan. Let it cool before chilling. Chill for 4 hours or overnight. Top with fig puree and cut fresh fruit.
mini fig cheesecake for individual serving
Ladies, this cheesecake is very light and not too sweet, good for an afternoon tea with friends. Just for the record, I gave my consultant a small slice of this mini cheesecake, like a teaspoon in size (just for a taste) and he still uttered the word “crazy” 🙂 hahaha I know he likes it! Maybe I should just name this as “crazy cheesecake” 😉
Seriously, I am running out of ideas what to include in this challenge but knowing myself.. I don’t accept excuses, I like to challenge myself to learn something new , soon I will be fifty-five.., life is getting shorter ( is it?) but more meaningful, getting more beautiful and interesting. I thought life at fifty and beyond will be boring but not for me! at least not to my interest 🙂
Searching for more recipes to twist, I came across “cookedbyjulie.com” her cinnamon roll cheesecake looks so appetising …
I got interested and tried. The direction was tedious for me, because I didn’t have enough time to do it as a I still have to go back to work. Nevertheless, it turned out ok, not so bad my best friend like it hahaha why I called her best friend for nothing? just kidding!
If you like to watch the video and find out the recipe here’s the add:
Ladies, wondering how many kilo did I put on my weight? Well…. 2 kilo!, I’m sure when I’m done with this challenge, I can’t fit in into my jeans but it’s alright we’re beautybeyondfifty , everything goes! Enjoy while we can 😉
What cheesecake will you try this time? My friend started to mention..cherry,raspberry,mango, chocolate etc. ..done!
I already tried 37 flavours and did some Filipino and Arabic twist also like kanafah,baklava,Ube,bibingka,sweet potato…then suddenly she said ..”Chestnut “…hmmm, it taste like sweet potato, isn’t it?
Well, try.. and let us know!
Alright,why not? Where will I get Chestnut?
Suddenly , I remember my trip to Luzern, Switzerland, at the end of the Chapel bridge there’s a small stall called ..HeissiMarroni, I was new to the place and it was raining and cold,I wonder about the name, agh… I can’t resist the urge 🙂 this little stall are great to sidle up in cold days,like a blast of warmth,to reinvigorate frozen bone and what could be a big bonus? having heissi maronni, yes! ..roasted chestnut …nice!
Heissi Marroni
roasted chestnut
As expected I didn’t find any chestnut at the supermarket here in Jeddah, so I went to sweet shop and bingo!
Honey chestnut
Flavour no. 38 – Chestnut Cheesecake
Flavour no. 38 Chestnut Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust:
12 pcs. Digestive biscuits (crushed)
1/3 cup roasted coconut flakes
3 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp sugar
Filing:
2 (300g) Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup chopped honey walnuts
Topping:
orange marmalade
honey walnuts
marshmallow
Directions:
Pre heat oven Gas mark # 3
Combine biscuits,coconut flakes,sugar and butter. Mix it together and press onto the springform pan (any size will do).
Set aside.
Cream the cheese, add sugar, eggs (one at a time ) beat at medium speed, combine yoghurt .whipping cream and vanilla. Add to the cheese mixture, mix thoroughly until smooth. Divide the batter into two part. Pour first part onto the prepared crust. Add the walnuts and top it with the remaining batter.
Bake for 1 hr (water bath), turn off the heat and open slightly the oven door, leave it for another 30 minutes, remove and let it cool for another 2 hours . Chill for 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Serving Suggestions:
with honey walnut and marshmallowi tried to roast the marshmallow with flame torch and this is what i got 🙂
Happy birthday to me! hahaha free candle on top!
Ladies, this is so sweet! If your watching your weight , you can reduce the sugar to 3 tablespoon.
I have a friend whom I see only once a year, she has 4 children and I thought of welcoming them with my cheesecake challenge. I already did chocolate cheesecake so what flavour would the adult and children love to taste?
Well, my sons when they were young they love Oreo cookies and I also like it.. I guess it’s one of the world’s favourite cookies, don’t you think? no rolling of eyes please! I know, chocolate, orange, peanut butter lick it all hahaha…
here we go…OREO cheesecake 🙂 for Flavour no. 37 yay!
Ingredients:
Crust:
12 Oreo cookies, crushed
3 tbsp butter
Filling:
3 pkg (300g) Philadelphia cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
1 egg plus 4 egg yolk
1 tsp citroen essence (optional)
1/2 cup crushed Oreo cookies
Directions:
Pre heat oven Gas mark #3
Mix butter and Oreo cookies, press onto the spring-form pan. Set aside
Mix cream cheese and sugar,beat at medium speed ( I always make sure that the cheese is at room temperature for easy mixing) Add citroen essence,yoghurt and whipping cream. Add one egg then one egg yolk at a time. Mix thoroughly. Divide the mixture into two. Pour the first mixture onto the prepared pan, add the crushed Oreo cookies on top, Pour the remaining half of the mixture. Wrap the bottom of the pan with aluminium foil, place unto a bigger pan with hot water, bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn off the heat, leave the oven door slightly open for another 30 minutes before removing it.Let it cool for another 30 minutes. Chill for 4 hours or overnight before topping.
Fresh from the oven..no crack! 🙂
no crack!layers of Oreo cookies
My chef kevin said, be brave in transferring the cheesecake from the pan to the plate, so every time I do it, I remember him and it’s like a chant..be brave.be brave 🙂
a bit of the crust left but otherwise the cake is in one piece!
I didn’t have the chance to cut it and take a photo, after topping it,I put it in the box to my friends’ hand.
Here’s the close up photo
yum!
I also did a mini version like a mini mouse…trying to be creative somehow 🙂
An Oreo cheesecake resembling a lava cake 🙂
Ladies, I must say this is really a sweet overload!
One of my clinic staff brought an organic brown sugar from Indonesia, she said it’s from coconut. I think it is called “Organic Coconut Palm sugar. the moment she handed it to me, I thought about hmmm… Cheesecake.. of course! when sugar melts and heavy cream was added, the outcome was a deep flavoured caramel.
Flavour no. 36 Caramel Cheesecake
mini caramel cheesecake with pine nuts
I did two version, one with pine nuts and another one with almond nuts. Both are deliciously tasty 🙂
Caramel Cheesecake with almond nuts
Ingredients:
Crust:
12 pcs Digestive biscuits (crushed)
1/3 cup almond meal
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
Filling:
2 pks (300 g each) Philadelphia cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
4 egg yolk
1 tsp citrus essence flavor
1/2 whipping cream
1/2 cup sour cream
Directions:
Pre heat oven gas mark # 3
Mix biscuits,sugar,almond meal with melted butter, press unto the baking pan. Bake for 10 min, set aside
Beat Cream Cheese in medium speed. Add sugar and citrus essence flavour. Add one egg yolk at a time while continuously mixing, Combine whipping cream and mix it throughly with cheese batter mixture. Pour unto the prepared pan. Cover the bottom with aluminium foil. Place the pan into another bigger pan with 3 cups of hot water. Bake for 1 hour.Open the oven door slightly , Pour the sour cream mix with 1 tbsp of sugar, leave it for another 30 minutes. Turn off the heat. Leave for another 30 minutes to cool down. Remove and place it in the rack to cool down for another one hour. Chill for another 4 hours before topping with caramel and nuts.
What happened when the big 5’Os meet 6’Os? Well, either you run because you wanted to belong to the so young group (below fifty) or join the club and be one of the beauty beyond fifties rocking :-)hahaha I bet you’re smiling huh! just kidding!
One of my beautybeyondfiftiy ladies invited us for her husband 6…and counting bday get together. Of course, I readily looked at my fridge and think what flavour I should bake? I found Pomegranate, heaven! I like this fruit including the seeds 🙂
Pomegranate – one of my favourite fruits
I cut three pieces, hence I don’t have a juicer, I just boiled it with 3 tablespoon water and 1/4 cup sugar. And de-seeds it with a strainer then add 1 tsp of cornstarch. The puree is enough for one mini cheesecake only.
pomegranate pureeenough only for a mini cheesecake
I used Mascarpone (Italian cheese) so its fluffy and soft.
Flavour # 35 Pomegranate Mini Cheesecake
Some serving suggestion before the real b-day party 🙂
i made different sizes, I usually set aside..cup cake size for tastingi use fresh pomegranate for toppingheaven combination with a cup of espressoYummy sweet fluffy and soft cheesecakePhoto credit: Govs Villanueva
Thank you ladies and gentlemen for the wonderful evening. God bless!
Here’s another batch of my official taster 🙂 I really do have good friends who can spend a day just having tea and Cheesecake. We spent 8 hours of good conversation, drowning ourselves with home-made tea concoction over an experimental home-baked cheesecake flavour #33, Yay!
Flavour # 33 Mango-pineapple Coconut Cheesecake
Flavour#33 Pineapple Mango Coconut Cheesecake
I did two variations, one with toasted coconut
and one with a sweetened coconut and fresh mango bits on top
and I also did, a no bake Cheesecake and matcha green tea roll cheesecake, so it’s really a treat for everyone, or should I say..
” Sweet overload” 🙂
Ingredients:
Crust:
1/2 cup crushed digestive biscuits
1/2 cup roasted coconut flakes (desiccated)
3 tbsp sugar
1/3 cup butter
Filling:
3 pkgs (300 g each ) Philadelphia cream cheese
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla powder
4 eggs
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sour cream
1/8 tsp lemon
a pinch of salt
Toppings:
roasted coconuts
sweetened coconuts
fresh mango puree and cut bits
pineapple chunks
Directions:
Pre-heat oven Gas mark #3
Mix biscuits,coconuts,sugar and butter. Press onto the springform pan (i used different sizes). Set aside
Cream the cheese at room temperature, add sugar slowly while beating at medium speed. Add one egg at a time.Combine mixture of whipping cream,sour cream and vanilla powder,add it to the cream cheese mixture, add a pinch of salt and continue mixing until smooth and well combined. Pour onto the prepared pan. Bake at 1 hr, let it cool for another 30 minutes, leaving the oven door slightly ajar. (sudden change of temperature will result to cracking in the middle). Remove and let it cool for another one hour and chill for another 4 hrs or overnight before topping and serving.
hmm yummy but so sweet
Ladies, even though there’s a lot of sweet indulgence ( tummy rumbling) we manage to give a sweet smile!
I didn’t have the chance to cut it and take a photo, after topping it,I put it in the box to my friends’ hand.
Here’s the close up photo
Dr. Myriam- The Dental Aesthetic Clinic 
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