Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe (Baked)

Dear earthlings,

So the festive season is here again..Eid Mubarak to all muslims out there..Here's a simple way to make yummy blueberry cheesecake..I made this on for the first day of Raya, and it was as sure hit (despite me thinking otherswise, initially)

Stuffs you must have:

For the base

• 10 Digestive biscuits (Crush until the biscuits become fine crumbs) 
• 50g of butter

For the cake

• 500 gm of Philadelphia cream cheese
• 200 ml of light sour cream (I used the Bulla brand)
• 2 tbsp of plain flour
• 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
• 175gm of caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence
• blueberry filling ( I got some left overs from the blueberry cheese tart that I made, you can get them at any shop selling bakery stuffs I think, got mine at Seksyen 7, Shah Alam)
• fresh blueberry (from Cold Storage)

Here's where the magic happens

The base

1. Melt the butter in a small pan or you could even melt in in the microwave.
2. Mix the mashed biscuits together with the melted butter until the mixture seems to stick together well.
3. Pour all of that biscuit crumbs mixture into a springform tin.
4. Bake in the oven for 7 minutes at 170 Celcius.
5. Take it out and let it cool.
6. Put it in the fridge to cool it even further for another 30 minutes.

The cake

1. Combine the cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla essence, eggs and flour in a bowl. Using a hand mixer, whisk all the ingredients until they are fluffy.
2. Add in the sugar and blueberry filling then continue whisking.
3. Pour all that yummy goodness in the springform tin that you have prepared with the biscuit crumbs earlier.
4. Bake in the oven for 170 Celcius for 55 minutes. (make sure you use the waterbath method, if not, you are going to get your lovely cheesecake quite tanned on the sides)
5. Once you are done with the baking, take the cake out, let it cool and then chill in the fridge overnight for best results.

The topping

Halve the blueberries and put them nicely on top of your cheesecake.
Pour the remaining blueberry filling on top of your fresh blueberries.

Have fun trying!

My super tanned cheesecake..I did not use the waterbath method to bake this one hence the tan.

Can you taste that soft, fluffy cheesecake in your mouth right now?

Another mistake was I used too much Digestive biscuits and too little butter so they did not stick well

What made me truly happy was the cake was happily gobbled up by the relatives who came for Raya...Someone even said I should've made 2 or 3 batches of that cheesecake..yeaayy :)

Yours Truly,
Adventure Addict

Iftar Day 1: Daging masak merah

Dear earthlings,

It is now the 2nd day of the holy month Ramadhan and I  hope it is still not too late to wish all of you to have a blessed Ramadhan...anyhoos, this Ramadhan, me and hubs decided to limit our spending at the Ramadhan Bazaar...with all the glorious food sold over there, it's easy to forget the true spirit of Ramadhan..

So I made a resolution to cook on most days, to omit the whole Ramadhan Bazaar is of course ridiculous...

The first night before fasting, I cooked Daging masak merah..it was my first time cooking this dish..

Since the food was already prepared, we were so excited to wake up for sahur on the first day of fasting...but guess what? because I slept uber late (nearly 130am...all because I wanted to cook the Daging masak merah dish), both of us did not wake up..It was so heartbreaking when we heard the alarm go off at 6am...

So what was meant for sahur, was carried forward for iftar..Alhamdulillah...not too shabby I must say for a first attempt...and as usual, hubs said, sama level macam gi makan kat kedai (I'm taking it as pegi makan kat kedai yang sedap lah..hikhik)..

Untuk menjadikan daging tu kaler merah, maka, wajiblah direndamkan dengan pewarna merah yer..kalau rendam dengan kaler kuning kang jadi daging masak kuning pulak kan...

Among the things yang dimasukkan ke dalam dish ni adelah:

Serai (obvious kot boleh nampak lam gambar)
Daun limau purut
Kacang buncis
Bawang merah
Bawang putih
Air rebusan daging
Cauliflower
Sos tiram
Sos tomato
Sos cili
Kicap cap kipas udang
Kicap cair
Garam and gula

Yours Truly,
Adventure Addict