Oh Splendida Cheesecake Recipes

SPLENDA NEW YORK CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475°F.
• Make crust:.
• Mix crust ingredients together and press into a 10-inch springform pan (I use a 2 1/2 qt glass casserole).
• Make Filling:.
• Beat cream cheese, Splenda Granulated and flour in a medium bowl until well mixed and smooth.
• Add eggs and beat until smooth.
• Add vanilla.
• Scrape sides of bowl.
• Mix briefly and add heavy cream. Mix until well blended.
• Pour filling over crust.
• Bake 10 minutes at 475°F Turn oven temp down to 200 degrees F and bake for 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave Cheesecake in oven for one more hour. Cheesecake will be slightly firm to the touch. Let cool 15-20 minutes before placing in the refrigerator. Refrigerate a minimum of 4-6 hours or preferably overnight before serving (if you can wait that long).

OSTKAKA (SWEDISH CHEESECAKE)

Steps:

• Mix 1 cup of cold milk with 3/4 cup of flour and stir to make a soft paste. Set it aside.
• Dissolve the 1/2 tablet of rennet in water. Set it aside.
• Heat the rest of the gallon of milk to lukewarm, 98 to 102 degrees F (36 to 39 degrees C). Remove from heat. Add the soft paste mixture and stir in the dissolved rennet. Stir often until milk begins to set; cover and let stand until firm, about 1 hour.
• Break up the milk mixture and remove the whey. Do not make the curd too dry and treat with gentle hands so as not to break up the curds too much.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Mix together eggs, sugar, and whipping cream. Add this cream mixture to the strained curd and mix. Pour combined mixture into the prepared baking dish and softly spread it out so that the top of the dessert is flat.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Continue to cook until set and browned on top, about 30 minutes more. Let cool before serving and refrigerate when stored.

OH SPLENDIDA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Cream together the ricotta and cream cheese (if using regular sugar beat it into the ricotta and cream cheese mixture until well blended).
• If using Splenda hold and add at step 6.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating each in well.
• Add the vanilla and orange extract.
• Spoon in the flour, sour cream and Splenda (if using), mix well.
• Mixture will be loose; don't worry.
• Grease a 10 inch spring form pan with butter or margarine and dust with bread crumbs (merely helps cake not to stick) Pour cheese cake batter into prepared pan and bake at 325ºF for about 1 hour (cake has a tendency to crack. Don't worry, the topping will cover any crack).
• (Tip: if you didn't beat properly and discover you have lumps of cream cheese at the bottom as you are pouring into the pan, since there is no crust you can use an electic hand mixer and beat the cream cheese right in the pan) Cool cake completely.
• In the top of a double boiler melt the caramels with 2 Tablespoons of oil stirring until nice and smooth.
• Spread the melted caramels over the top of the cooled cheesecake.
• Arrange the pecan halves in a nice pattern pressing them gently into the still warm caramel.
• Refrigerate the cheesecake preferably overnight.