Apr 7, 2008

Let's Celebrate Our Friend's Birthday With American Cheesecake

UPDATE:

Today Divya Vikram of Dilse is celebrating her " " birthday(he he he secret,,)....So let's celebarate her birthday with this cheesecake.Dedicating this one to birthday baby!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIVYA,,,,ENJOY UR SPECIAL DAY....

RECIPE:

Cheesecake is my favorite dessert. When Priya of 365 vegetarian posted her instant strawberry cheesecake recipe, I was pretty much tempted to try it out. I tried out this American Cheesecake recipe with my own modifications. Since I don’t have the spring form pan I used the normal baking pan and I covered the entire pan with foil. And also left some extra outside so that I can lift the cake with the foil once it chills.


INGREDIENTS:

Butter - 1cup
Butter biscuits(crushed) - 11/4 cup
Sugar - 11/4cup
Cream cheese, softened-1/2cup
Heavy whipping cream - 1/2cup
Sweetened Condensed Milk -1cup
Eggs-3
Lemon juice1-2tsp
Sour cream - 1cup
Knox unflavored gelatin - 2tsp
White Jello - 1packet

METHOD:

To prepare the biscuit base mix butter and crushed biscuits (I crushed it in food processor) thoroughly. Place the mix into the pan and press it all down evenly using hands. Place it in a fridge for 15 mins to stiffen.

To make the cheese mixer, in a mixing bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk, sour cream and whipping cream until smooth. Dissolve gelatin in a 1/4 cup of boiling water stir it well allow it to cool slightly then add to the mixture. Add eggs then lemon juice and mix well. At last add sugar and beat it.

Now pour the cheese mixture into the pan slowly and evenly.Place it into the lower part of the oven and bake them for 45 mins. When the cheesecake is ready it should be cooked but have wobble consistency.Let it cool down and place it in fridge to set for minimum of 4hours.

For the top prepare the white jello according to the package instructions and pour it slowly on to the cheesecake. Refrigerate until the jelly is set.
Garnish with strawberry.



P.S:I missed the step of adding vanilla essence.And I tried little decorations using whipped cream....Didn't come out well,so removed those:(((((

35 comments:

Cham said...

Oh it is cheesy :) Delicious and perfect Cake Dhiv! Yum :)

Uma said...

Yes, it's a perfect cake, Dhivya! Awesome picture.

A Cook @ Heart said...

Ummm! love cheesecake!!! Ur version looks so tasty!

kamala said...

oohhh yummy cake

Anonymous said...

It looks very good Dhivya. Veetuku varalama?

Rupa said...

Lovely Cheesecake..My favourite too..Nice pics

ranji said...

oh wow dhivya!!!great job...thats a reallly delcious cake....drol drool:))...very sweet of u:)

Deepa Kuber said...

cake looks so delicious.. there are so many cakes recipes. im confused which one to try :)

Unknown said...

Hey Dhivya..
Ippo thaan paarthen..
That was indeed a sweet surprise to me..That was too nice of you Dhivya..Thanks a ton..Never expected such a wish thru your blog..The cake looks really really mouthwatering..Drooling here..Thanks again..My hugs to you DHivs!

Unknown said...

Hi Dhivya. what a lovely cheese cake u have baked. Very nice presentation.I am great fan of cheese cake.

Jayashree said...

Somehow, I never developed a taste for cheesecake....yours does look good, though...

Madhavi said...

Cake looks awesome dhivya, such a lovely cake :))Love the pics too!!

Anonymous said...

I love cheesecake especially the ones from Cheesecake factory, but ever since I stopped eating eggs, I haven't had one. This looks lip-smacking good. Happy B'day Divya!

Anonymous said...

Dhivya - I realized it was the bday of the other Divya - was just lazy and left my comment her, hoping Divya would read it :)

Purnima said...

Dhivya, alws thought u n Divya Vikram know each other,:D That cheese cake looks yummmmmmmmmm!! Happy Bday Divya--u shd take wishes frm where ur bday is being celebrated! Haa!

SMN said...

Cheezeeeeeeeeeee i love it..

Swati Raman Garg said...

:) thats such a sweet gesture... so coool...

Unknown said...

Lovely lovely cheesy cheesy :) Nice cake Dhivya and that was really nice of you to dedicate this post to Divya's birthday :)

Rosie said...

OOOOOh perfection of a cheesecake!! Yummy :)

Rosie x

Unknown said...

You are one real pro in making desserts...love each and everyone posted by you:)

Srivalli said...

thats a lovely one...nice gesture!..

Seema said...

Thats so nice to make a cake ..for dhivya! Happy B'day dhivya!

Unknown said...

ohh perfect cheesecake.....i agree with saswati

Unknown said...

looks so delicios and yummm

Nanditha Prabhu said...

that was such a sweet gift !
bookmarking it for trying..:)

Annu said...

wow that looks great dhivya.......

The great Indian Dhaba said...

Superb The pics are awesome as well
I will try it for sure.
Can i also join the foodie gang

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Divya Kudua said...

Thats such a sweet gesture Dhivya..Cheesecake looks yummy and I am sure Divya would love it!! Great going!!

Sia said...

thats such a sweet gesture dhivya:) cheese cake looks absolutely wonderful...
will mail u with my b'day date;)

Seena said...

D, this is tooooooooooooomuch.. :D

Medhaa said...

I just love cheese cake, even when I was in India where cheese cakes are not that famous and freely available in Bangalore, my father would order it from Sweet Chariot to just make sure I have it. And no one at all in our family of 15 (Joint Family) liked it and I got to eat most of it which I just did not mind.

Great now I shall try this.

It was really sweet of you to make it for Divya of Dil Se on her B'day.

mitr_bayarea said...

Dhivya-

the cheesecake looks delicious...great effort to do this from scratch for your pal.

Meera said...

You are so sweet, Dhivya!! & happy bithday to Divya V. & best wishes to both of you...

Dhivya said...

Cham,Cook and uma- thank u very much girls

Kamala - Tasty cake too

Madhuram - kandippa vanga madhu!!!!!ungalukaga dhan cake wait panitu iurku

rupa and ranji- thank u girls

Anjali - try one by one:)))all of them r delicious

Divya - Hope u enjoyed ur birthday with ur baklava divya:))

Pearls - thank u dear

Jaya - try it onece:))u will become fan of this one

Madhavi - thanks u dear

A-kay - thanks dear:))sorry that i misunderstood..he he

purnima - We know each other purni:))I knew her birthday through orkut

Dhivya said...

smn and swati - thank u girls

Roopa and rosie - thanks for ur lovely words

saswati and sri- thanks:))i am happy and pleased on seeing your comments.

seema - thanks dear

priya and sandhiya - thanks u so much girls

nandita - would love to hear ur feedback

annu - thanks gilr

the - thanks for visiting my blog dear:))sure u r always welcome

divya and seena - thanks girls

Sia - sure..mail me dear..

medhaa - let me know how u liked the taste dear..thnak u

mitr and meera - thanks for ur nice words