TWD: No Berry Surprise Cake for me this week...

The 'assignment' for this weeks TWD was Berry Surprise Cake, picked by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen. Although this recipe sounded alright to me, I had to decide against it since I'm on a small budget this week..... Zero on my bankaccount and still some days of the month left.... Last time I experienced that was when I was still in school..... Because berries are sooooo expensive at the moment this recipe was simply a no-no. And after reading the P&Q I was even terrifeid of failing misserably... ;) But please go and have a look at all the wonderfull Berry Surprise Cakes (some even without berries, why didn't I think of that???) my fellow TWD-ers made!!

Last Sunday however my mom and I were invited to my dear friend Ingrid to join her and her mom for a lovely cheese fondue. Ofcourse I couldn't knock on her door empty handed, so I looked through my cupboards and fridge to see what ingredients were lurking behind closed doors and flipped through Dorie's Baking from My Home to Yours to see which list of ingredients of the recipes I had missed matched the stuff I had at hands.

With no further ado I present to you..... Dorie's Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake:

This cheesecake was made way back when TWD was still a tiny group of bakers, on the 12th of February 2008. Judy of Good Eats 'N' Sweet Treats picked this recipe. The recipe can be found here. I actually only made half the recipe, since I only had half the ingredients at hand and made two miniature cheesecakes. Also I swapped the applecider for Apfelkorn.

We all loved it and shared one mini!! My mom preferred the Tall and Creamy Cheesecake, she loves her cheesecake 'au naturel'. Me, being the cinnamonlover that I am, thought that this one was dreamy!! Somehow the other mini-cheesecake disappeared throughout the next day......

TWD: Tall and Creamy Cheesecake

Yeah, I'm back!!! Been busy baking the last couple of days: some cookies for friends and family and the TWD Tall and Creamy Cheesecake for my family and me to enjoy on Second Christmasday.

The Tall and Creamy Cheesecake was picked by Anne of Anne Strawberry and what a great pick it was! We all loved it!! A whole kilo of creamcheese went into this cheesecake so it was quite heavy, but it still tasted very light!

I used 1 cup cream and 1/3 cup sour cream. When the cake was ready to go into the oven I found out that my springform wouldn't fit into the other pan, so I had to bake the cheesecake without a waterbath. I still baked it for 1 1/2 hours and it looked great!!

Since I had half a cake leftover I took it to work yesterday, my coworkers also enjoyed it!

I must say this was the best cheesecake I ever ate!! Yum!!!

Dad's verdict: 8,5 out of 10

Next to come are:

• Triple Chocolate Cookies for CEiMB (28/12), hosted by The Feast Within
• Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze
• Cinnamon Bun Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze
• Chocolate Cherry-Almond Biscotti for CEiMB (1/1), hosted by Enjoying My Favorite
• French Pear Tart for TWD (6/1), hosted by Dorie Greenspan
• Fried Rice with Scallions, Edamame, and Tofu for CEiMB (8/1) hosted by Running with Food
• Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins for TWD (13/1), hosted by Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake
• Beef Tenderloin with Rosemary and Chocolate for CEiMB (15/1) hosted by Beckett Bakes It
• Berry Surprise Cake for TWD (20/1) hosted by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen

P.S. Those of you still wanting to join TWD: the group is opened to new members till January 1st, in honor of the 1 year anniversary. If you would like to join TWD, check out the website before then!!