I had mixed feelings about a cheesecake challenge. I make cheesecake regularly, so it really wasn't daring for me. But, I LOVE cheesecake and any reason to make it is a good thing. The great thing about this challenge is that Jenny not only made creativity an option, she encouraged it. So, I put on my thinking cap and started getting excited about this challenge.
I have a go-to cheesecake recipe that I am absolutely in love with, so I knew that I wanted to do something different. I wanted to play around with the flavors. The problem with this is that I couldn't narrow it down. I ended up making mini cheesecakes in 10 different cheesecake variations. Yes, you read that correctly. TEN different cheesecakes. See what I mean... I just couldn't decide!
I made the following flavors:
Not pictured individually:
Plain
Plain with Strawberry Coulis
Lemon
Coconut
Caramel
Plain with Blueberry Coulis
Chocolate Covered (To include craters filled with chocolate)
White Chocolate & Raspberry
Nutella Swirl
Peanut Butter & Chocolate
They were all phenomenal, but my favorite had to be the Nutella swirl. Big shocker, right? Cristine likes Nutella. I know you just can't believe it. :) The white chocolate and raspberry one was pretty great, too. Ah... who am I kidding? There wasn't a bad cheesecake in the whole bunch!
My only problem with the recipe was my own fault. I tried making 36 mini cheesecakes in a two hour period while my son was napping and my daughter was at preschool. That meant rushed cooling time (aka pan straight to freezer from oven) since I only had one mini cheesecake pan. This caused some of the cheesecakes to fall in the center, but they still tasted great!
Thanks to Jenny for a great challenge! Head over to her blog for the recipe and check out the blogroll for some HIGHLY creative cheesecakes.
You mean you only did 10 variations? Slacker!!!
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. They look delicious and could you send one my way? Because I haven't had dessert yet!
My word!!! You were a busy bee!
ReplyDeleteAnd I woul dhave to agree, the nutella would have been my top pick as well
At first glance I thought your picture was a bunch of yummy looking donuts. When I saw they were all little individual cheesecakes I fell in love! My goodness do they look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThose look amazing. I coudn't even imagine an individual, chocolate covered cheesecake. Swoon.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! you did a fantastic job Cristine, they all look so good!! I'd have to eat everyone just to see which one ones my favorite!
ReplyDeleteWow... great work! Mmmmm, peanut butter and chocolate for me! But as they're only little, I'll take a chocolate-coated one too!
ReplyDeletewow, so impressive!!! (and you just reminded me that i totally forgot about the DB challenge this month....hmmm...not sure if i will pull it off tomorrow???)
ReplyDeleteThese were the best cheesecakes ever. I will never look at cheesecake the same cause I will never find a more dlicious cheesecake. Basically these were amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteK well MY favorite was the chocolate and peanut butter one. Shocker Monica likes peanut butter and chocolate!! :) Thanks for sharing the cheesecake wealth. As usual they we FABULOUS!
ReplyDeleteI would totally enjoy a bite of each one, please.
ReplyDeleteWell done! All look so DELISH! I'd be overwhelmed to choose which one to sample first.
ReplyDeleteCristine they are awesome, you did such a great job! Grumpy would love your raspberry white chocolate one...and me, heck, I'll take any of them!
ReplyDeleteHoly moly, TEN?? I don't think you made enough! They all look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWow...so many variations. They all look wonderful. Where do I start?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day in the kitchen! They all look so good, I'd give anything to be able to grab one adn pop it in my mouth!
ReplyDeleteTEN?! Wow, they all looked great! Not sure which would be my fave.
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The variety here is so tasty, I especially like the raspberry one :).
ReplyDeleteLook at you! I love all the variations. I'll take the nutella swirl one please.
ReplyDeleteThese look great. I would have to try all of them and that just wouldn't work for the hips! :)
ReplyDeleteomigosh...nutella swirl..that sounds amazing to me...is it just the regular cheesecake with nutella swirled in on top or is there some secret other hint?
ReplyDeleteWow! Amazing. Every single version looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteNutella swirl cheesecake?! Oh my goodness! I love that these are so teeny tiny, cute!
ReplyDeleteWow... This is incredible. I had a hard enough time making one, and you've executed 10 perfectly! It's hard to say which looks the best, but I'd have to say the raspberry or the nutella (I'm a big fan too!)
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe. All of your combinations sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteOh indeed they all sound delicious. You get an A for taste, courage and efficiency! Amazing. I know what it is like to be tight on time with toddlers and young children around so I bow in your presence. I personally picked the nutella as my favorite. I would so love to taste it. But I , like you, would be happy with any one of these. GREAT JOB.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites - caramel and PB&C. But seriously, they all look wonderful - what a range of flavors!
ReplyDeleteOnly a Daring Baker would make ten variations. Thanks for bringing so much to this challenge! Personally I'd love to try one enrobed in chocolate....
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the fantastic comments! I really had fun with all the variations!
ReplyDeleteMary... this is what I did for the Nutella swirl:
I filled the pan halfway with plain cheesecake. In a seperate bowl I mixed Nutella with some plain cheesecake batter and dolloped that on top. I then put a dollop of plain on top of that and swirled together. It was out of this world! Let me know if you try it! I loved it!
yet again I am in total awe of your creativity and ability to do so much with such little kids!! I barely got this one done and I did one very simple flavor!! Your cakes are beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your variations! They all look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Look at all that variety!
ReplyDeleteYou are the CHEESECAKE QUEEN!! Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteWow, ten flavors in under 2 hours, you go girl. They are so pretty. Great job.
ReplyDeleteSo, you could send all of us a piece of cheese cake heaven - right!!! They all look delicious. The nutella has to be on my next cheese cake list, as does the PB and Chocolate.
ReplyDelete(And the chocolate tart. We were busy, weren't we???)
Um Wow - starting to feel like you are super women, and only just met you. I mean these are some seriously creative variations and they look seriously good.
ReplyDeleteThose look great! They all sound super yummy but the blueberry one looks soooooooooo tasty. There is something about blueberries that I just can't pass up!
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