Close to the deadline, or what? It’s already post-day evening, but the cheesecake pops are just finished and the pictures just finished uploading. I’m sure you’re already ogling all the other cheesecake pops on the (apparently now almost 1000) other daring bakers’ blogs. Check them out (if you didn’t yet) at the blogroll.
This month’s challenge was hosted by Elle from Feeding my Enthusiasms and Deborah from Taste and Tell. The recipe comes from Jill O’Connor’s book, Sticky Chewy, Messy, Gooey, which has to be one of the most awesome cookbook titles ever. The recipe is posted on Elle and Deborah’s blogs, linked above.
Because of the last minute-ness, mine are not the prettiest, but they are still tasty.
I had already heard that some people ended up with too-mushy cheesecake to roll into balls, and I think mine could have been firmer too, despite the fact that it was in the oven for about an hour rather than the 35-45 mins that the recipe called for. But that was nothing that a quick trip to the freezer couldn’t fix.
The only alteration I made was the addition of some lime juice and lime zest instead of the regular vanilla flavouring. I didn’t add much, it’s just enough to get a hint of the taste.
Oh, and I didn’t have any lollipop sticks, so I took someone else’s trick (would love to give credit, but I forgot who you are!) and used colourful bendy straws.
My grandmother tried one, and said it was yummy, so there you go.
If you want some, come on over, because I have half a cheesecake plus a bunch of pops, and as good as they are, I can’t eat them all myself.😉
Also, exciting news! Daring bakers have finally scorned Blogger, which was not able to cope with the growing number of daring bakers on the for-members-only blog. We’ve now moved to a forum, which you can visit here. You can visit it because while some of it is only visible to daring bakers, there is a section which is visible to everyone. Feel free to check it out, especially if you have any baking related questions. Daring bakers are a helpful bunch!
