Sounds delicious, huh? Oh, and it was!
I had to bring a dessert to a work holiday dinner. I never know what dessert to make for some reason. I guess I always feel like I have to make something fancy. I was doing some Googling and came across this recipe for White Chocolate Candy Cane Cheesecake from Midwest Living.
I had never made a cheesecake before, so I was a little nervous.
It turned out to actually be pretty easy. A bit tedious with all the steps and different levels of letting it cool, but overall, it wasn't too bad. The worst part was that I couldn't figure out if and when it was set.
It was still pretty jiggly after 40 minutes, so I baked it another 10. And it was still jiggly after those 10, so I baked it another 10. By then, I figured it was probably OK, and the top was browning quite a bit.
I followed the recipe exactly--the only thing I really changed is that I added more white chocolate to the top of the cake than the recipe called for (I put the melted white chocolate in a small Zip-Loc bag and snipped the edge off), and probably a bit more candy cane.
All the hard work definitely paid off--everyone at the party really liked it, and everyone requested leftovers to take home.
The finished product looks beautiful! I've found from experience that it's pretty hard to tell when it's done, too.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should get more practice making these at another potluck ;-)