Saturday, December 4, 2010

Cheesecake in a bowl

 Sniffles no more! I'm feeling better so it's time to bake. Thinking about what to bake for hubby's birthday earlier this week, I looked through my recipe book and found the notecard my friend had written for me a few years ago and I thought, "hmmm cheesecake, why not?"

This is the original recipe:
crust: (break crackers until you get crumbs then mix ingredients and press into cheesecake pan and refrigerate for 45 min)
10 graham crackers
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Filling:
2 large boxes (8 ounces) cream cheese
1/2 cup of white sugar
2 eggs (one at a time)
Mix at medium speed with electric mixer then pour into crust and bake 25 minutes at 375F. cool for 1 hour
Topping:
1 large package of sour cream
4 TBSP white sugar
2 tsp vanilla
Pour mixture on cheesecake and bake for 7 minutes at 375F then cool and refrigerate overnight.

Now for my version of the recipe. 

I will call it Croatian Lemon Cheesecake in a bowl.

Crust:
10 of these petit butter cookies crumbled with my mortal and pestle, add 100gm of melted butter, then 2 Tablespoonful sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Mix and press into 4 oven safe bowls and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes.



Filling: 


600grams (3 containers of abc krem sir) cream cheese

10 tablespoonful of white sugar  (**reduce to about ~5 Tablespoonful of sugar, because it turned out too sweet**)

 add one egg, mix, then add second egg.

Bake at 180 Celsius for 30 minutes.



( I don't have an electric mixer, so I used a whisk)

cool for 1 hour

Topping:
400gm of kiselo vrhnje (sour cream)
2 tablespoonful of white sugar
2 teaspoonful vanilla
zest of one small lemon

mix and add to cheesecake.bake for 7 minutes at 180Celsius.

Cool and refrigerate overnight.


I know the recipe says to cool overnight but both hubby and I couldn't resist our curiosity of how it turned out so we shared one bowl. I think I added too much sugar because it was too sweet. It did taste like 'real' cheesecake although the consistency was crumbly. Adding lemon zest was a good choice. It may look a bit plain, but I guess it can be garnished with fresh fruit. I 'm thinking blueberries, strawberries or even blackberries?

16 comments:

  1. Now you're getting into one of my specialties! I'm known by my friends and family as "the cheesecake lady"!! :-)) You'd think that with the crocheting and poetry I do, this cheesecake thing would be a NON-story! But when stomachs call...my cheesecakey self answers!! ;-)

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  2. no time for fillings, as it will be eaten all.
    looks like it smelled and tasted good.

    was baking myselve a traditional dutch treat, called "sausijzenbroodjes".
    for details go to Google, I have to get rid of some snow here (10 centimeters, oh my God).

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  3. I am so happy that you both are feeling better...I am in the middle of baking today and I wish I knew that recipe before..Yum! Must made it last weekend:)
    Kisses and hugs, darling

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  4. how fancy! cheesecakes are the best. and cooking during the whole month of december always feels so special.
    guess what? my hubby's bday is also this coming week :) maybe I will give it a try!

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  5. miam miam that looks yummy! I love cheesecake! hmm

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  6. That looks amazing! The finished product almost looks like creme brulee at first glance (except browned on the edges instead of the center), but my mouth is seriously WATERING. I am bookmarking this recipe and WILL be making it sometime soon! :)
    Yum, I love fresh fruit on cheesecake - I think a combo of all of those would be amazing!
    I hope you had a wonderful weekend, Elisa!

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  7. Hi! You posted on my blog a long time ago and I am just now reading it as I'm starting my blog up again. I did just respond to your comment but wanted to check out your blog. It's strange because just last night my Chilean husband and I went out to eat with my mom at a Turkish restaurant and I was comparing their skin color. My mom is darker than my french-spanish husband. I am fair skinned, blonde hair, blue eyes and my mom is tan, brown hair, brown eyes. My mom's mom was Yugoslavian so today I was googling about the former Yugoslavia trying to find out about the people/culture/food. I know almost nothing about it so was happy later on today to see your comment and then find your blog to get a "real" view of that area of the world. I look forward to reading your blog. Your cheesecake looks yummy! :) Thanks!

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  8. Oh yummy! Thank you for the recipe! I have never made this put I feel like I could follow this one!

    Rachael

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  9. @Poetess,
    Debbie then we must share recipes! All of my family loves cheesecake.

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  10. @Pim, ahh you made sausage rolls! very soon I will be in the midwest.BRRR lots of snow there as well!

    @Diana let me know if you try it, I would be interested to know what you think of it.

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  11. @House09, really? that's a small coincidence. ha yeah you should give it a try then.

    @Babs, can you find the ingredients in Amman?

    @Allison, I don't know if you can see from the last photo but I had some extra filling so I poured and baked in a cup! so you just inspired me to bake flan, except I don't have the required ingredients. maybe when I go home for the holidays I can bring some carnation milk and sweet condensed milk with me. hope you had a wonderful weekend as well!

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  12. Hi! Wow, this one also looks very yummy!! I haven't been able to make the lemon cake yet although I have all the ingredients since I was going to bake it!!! It looks yummy!! Wow, your hubby's birthday is in the busiest time of the year!

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  13. I will try it for sure and let you know:) Muah,sweetie

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  14. This looks so good !
    I have not made cheesecake in a while now... last time a certain person dropped it on the floor. :(

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