National Cheesecake Day

What's better than cheesecake? Strawberries on the cheesecake? Cherries, ummmmmm my favourite.

Some are pretty easy to make. I like to whip up the mini cheese cakes that you use Nilla wafers for a crust. The muffin tins with cupcake papers make it so easy. But I do have one that I really enjoy. I got the recipe on the internet somewhere. I love it.

Little known facts: 
1-You were able to buy cheesecake flavour postage stamps.
2- Cheesecake was invented by the Ancient Greeks and served to Olympians to give them energy.
3- There is a garlic flavoured Cheesecake
4-Traditional cheesecake is made with Ricotta cheese not cream cheese.
5- 100 cheesecakes were consumed on the series The Golden Girls throughout its history.
6- The largest cheesecake ever made weighed in at a colossal 6,900 pounds

Here is the recipe if you want to give it a try.


Tiramisu Cheesecake
FOR CRUST
1 sleeve graham crackers, finely crushed
5 tbsp. melted butter
1/4 c. sugar
1 tbsp. cocoa powder
FOR THE CHEESECAKE
4 (8-oz.) bars cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. cornstarch
4 large eggs
1/3 c. rum
1/3 c. brewed espresso or coffee
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
12 lady fingers
FOR SERVING
2 c. Whipped topping
1/4 c. Cocoa powder, for dusting
2 tbsp. chocolate shavings

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325ยบ and grease an 8" or 9" springform pan with cooking spray. Make crust: In a large bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar, and cocoa powder. Press mixture into prepared pan.
Make cheesecake: In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until completely smooth and fluffy. Add cornstarch, then add eggs. Add rum, coffee and vanilla.
Pour 1/2 batter into springform pan, add a layer of ladyfingers, and top with the rest of the cheesecake mixture and bake until center of cheesecake is only slightly jiggly, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn oven of and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour, then refrigerate until completely cool, 4 hours or up to overnight. (If you'd like to use a water bath, tightly wrap outside of springform pan with two layers of aluminum foil. Transfer to a deep roasting pan and pour in enough boiling water to reach halfway up the cheesecake pan. Bake as directed).
When ready to serve, dust with cocoa powder, pipe dollops of whipped topping, and sprinkle with chocolate shavings. Serve.
Enjoy

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