Friday, February 4, 2011

Oreo Cheesecake


The past 365 days was a blast.

Our first run!

Sunset @ Bali

a year older, a year wiser you (I hope! hehe)

The first thing my boyfriend made for me was a chilled oreo cheesecake. When we first started out, he had a day off then, and I casually said that he should make good use of his day off doing something constructive. He ripped a random oreo cheesecake recipe off the internet because I once said I like to eat cheesecake. Then he appeared at my place out of the blue and brought me the cheesecake. It was pretty good despite having the agaragar like texture :P

bf's then oreo cheesecake being maliciously torn apart by me

Anyway here's my version of our oreo cheesecake to celebrate that special you who created so many positive changes in my life. Looking back at our past year, looks like we've accomplished a lot together. More good years ahead, Happy 1st year anniversary Hun!

...And wishing all a Happy Chinese New Year! :D

Oreo Cheesecake (adapted from Evan's Kitchen Ramblings)
Makes 7" cake (Mine is a taller 6")

Ingredients:

Biscuit Base:
110g (80g) digestive biscuit crumbs (I use Oreo crumbs)
40g (30g) unsalted butter, melted

Cheesecake Filling:
250ml whipping cream
250g cream cheese, room temperature
45ml milk
50g icing sugar
1 tbsp vanilla essence or rum (I use 1 tsp vanilla powder)
1 tbsp gelatine powder
10ml lemon juice
3 tbsp boiling water
8 oreo cookies (coarsely chopped)
4 oreo cookies (finely chopped)

Method:
1. Mix biscuit crumbs & melted butter together and press firmly onto the base of cake tin. Chill for 30 mins.
2. Beat whipping cream with electric beaters until 70% stiff or until mousse-like. Refrigerate for later use.
3. Double-boil gelatine, lemon juice & boiling water until totally dissolved. Keep warm.
4. Beat cream cheese, icing sugar, milk and vanilla essence until smooth & creamy.
5. Blend in gelatine solution until well combined.
6. Fold in whipped cream.
7. Pour 1/2 the cheese mixture onto the base. Chill for 15 mins.
8. Stir in finely chopped cookies into the other half of the mixture. Mix well.
9. Sprinkle coarsely chopped cookies on top of the first half of cheese mixture.
10. Pour in the other half of the cheese mixture.
11. Chill for 3 to 4 hours before serving. Decorate as desired.

15 comments:

  1. Pretty Cheesecake! I'm a cheesecake lover too~ *^_^*

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  2. prefect cheesecake to celebrate the anniversary and memories!

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  3. awww.... so sweet! happy first anniversary and many many more to come! :)

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  4. cathy: thanks! looking forward to see u baking them too :D

    jess: yup i tot it was special too hehe

    travellingfoodies: i hope so too haha thanks!

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  5. Very nice cheesecake! I simply like anything with oreo :)
    Happy first anniversary and Happy CNY!

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  6. So sweet of him to bake you a cheesecake! Happy anniversary! :)

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  7. DG: thanks!! happy cny to u too

    SSB: yup, but he's a better cook lol, thanks!

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  8. Ohhhhh your bf is so sweet...even made cheesecake for you....Happy Anniversary. Your oreo cheesecake looks delicious!

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  9. What a nice and sweet guy your bf is! Gee, if only my hub would do that for me! :p

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  10. wow, he made this for you? how sweet of him!! I think this will be the loviest cake that you ever had!

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  11. lenyh: hehe yeah he's a sweetie, thanks!

    busygran: im sure he will, and in other ways did he show his affection to u too! :P

    lena: yea he made the one in the middle hehe, really good effort for someone who doesnt bake at all

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  12. That was really quite sweet of him. I'm new to your blog and spent some time this morning browsing through your earlier entries. I really like the food and recipes you feature here. I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great weekend. Happy Anniversary! Blessings...Mary

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  13. jean, you mus be feeling super touched right! he's so sweet! if my memory didnt fail, before that was food processor that he got for you right? (:
    anyways, can i have your email add? thank you (:

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  14. That's so sweet! Happy 1st year anniversary... Your cheesecake must be filled with lots of "sweetness" from this one year of great memories :D

    Lucky you to have a man baking a cake for you. After reading your post, I remember that my husband did bake a cake for me when we were dating! Guess what? It was a Pandan chiffon cake! LOL!

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  15. Happy 1st year anniversary and many more to come! How romantic! Your BF is a keeper! Thanks for dropping by my blog and leave your comment. It means a lot to me and I am so glad I made a new friend.

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