So, it is my hubby's birthday. And I asked him [although I knew the answer] what he wanted for his birthday? He said "Bake me a cheese cake."
And as the trend followed. But this time, I was little scared that I will end up making another disaster. So I initially thought of buying him one from Meijer or Walmart. Standing in from of the available options at Meijer, I picked up the fudge cheesecake. Other option was cookie fudge. I flipped it towards where it had the nutrition value. My aw dropped open to read 410 cal and 270 cal fat. I walked straight out of the store and thought to myself, no matter what I will bake.
So there I go... with mountain size fear and dilemma, I baked Cheese Cake for him. And to avoid all forms of disastrous hit and trial or experiment, I followed the 'semi' traditional way with ignorable twist.
And after a long wait, it came out almost perfect. I think if I do more research then I might end up having the perfect one but as of now, I am happy with this version.
So, this is what I did. I tried with 2 numbers of 1/3 Fat free cream cheese and 1 original cream cheese. I couldn't just add gazillion amount of calorie using 3 original. Added 3 eggs and 1 egg yoke instead of 3 egg yoke. Added little less than half a cup of sugar instead of 1 cup sugar. I used lime juice and zest and a hint of vanilla essence. Baked in a double boiler at 330F.
I bet, if I had used the conventional measure, it would have been even better but I just couldn't do it.
And the reward - "I like it" as stated by my love :) And I said to myself, good job girl... well deserved effort. Love you sweets and a great happy birthday to you.
