Mother's Day Cakes 2020 (Basque Burnt Cheese Cake & Cheese Cake)

Baked two types of cakes on this year Mother's Day.  I've seen a lot of people making the basque burnt cheese cake recently, so I've decided to make one for my mother as a mother's day cake.  We all love cheese.  The recipe adapted from a HERE.

Basque Burnt Cheese Cake

Ingredients :

• 430g cream cheese, room temperature
• 120g caster sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temp (approx 150g of eggs without shell)
• 270g heavy cream/thickened cream (35% min fat content)
• 20g cake flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp lemon juice

Making it

Line 6” circle cake tin with 2 layers of baking paper and trimmed to have an overhanging amount of 1.5″-2″.

Beat sugar and cream cheese together on medium until smooth and you can’t feel the sugar granules any longer. Scrape the bowl.

Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium until smooth. Scrape the bowl again to ensure that nothing sticks to the sides for even mixing.

Add the vanilla and lemon juice and beat until just mixed.

In a seperate bowl, mix flour and 1/4 of the cream and mix until smooth. Add another 1/4 more cream, mix, and then add the rest and mix until smooth. (Adding the flour a small amount at the time allows you to mix out any lumps that may form by creating a paste at the start.)

Slowly pour the cream/flour mixture into the cheese mixture whilst the mixer is beating on low until mixed through. Increase speed to medium and mix for 15 seconds just to ensure it’s all combined.

Preheat your oven and bake at 240C for 30-35mins until top is dark amber and almost charred at parts but the middles still has a wobble to them when you give the pan a jiggle.

Let cool in the tin fully on a wire rack at room temperature to allow the cheesecake to set.

Remove from the baking tin and enjoy at room temperature.

For a less “gooey” center, place into the fridge after cooled to allow it to chill and set.

For the Hello Kitty Cheese cake, the recipe I adapted from HERE. I didn't make snowy cheese cake for the topping as per the youtube.  I just change it to another decoration and put the mermaid hello kitty which I bought for my little girl at Mcd Happy Meal long time ago.  

Ingredients :

*7” cake pan line with parchment paper. *使用活动模的话，需在蛋糕模外包2张锡纸，防止在水浴法时，水流入蛋糕糊内。 A-烫面海绵蛋糕 Cotton Soft Sponge Cake： 植物油 Cooking oil 80g 底筋面粉 Cake flour 100g (过筛/sieved) 蛋黄 6 Egg yolks 全蛋 2 A size eggs 鲜奶 Fresh milk 100g 冰蛋白 6 Cold egg whites 细砂糖 Fine granulated sugar 80g B - 芝士酱 Cheese Filling： 室温软化无盐奶油 Unsalted Butter 125g 室温软化Cream cheese 250g 炼奶 Condensed milk 50g Whipping cream 100g 1 - Ａ蛋糕： 植物油小火加热，煮至看到纹路，熄火。 边搅拌边倒入面粉中，迅速搅拌成顺滑的烫面糊。 Heat the oil over low heat for about 1 minutes. Pour the oil into the flour and quickly mix until well combined. 2。蛋黄+全蛋+鲜奶，搅拌均匀。 倒入烫面糊中，搅拌成顺滑的蛋黄糊。 过筛两次，用盖子盖着备用。 Whisk egg yolks + whole eggs + milk. Pour into the flour mixture, mix well. Sift the batter x 2 times, covered. 3。蛋白低速打至粗泡后，分3次倒入砂糖，打至硬性发泡。 Whisk egg whites + sugar until stiff peaks. Fold beaten egg whites into batter gently. 4。取1/3蛋白霜，倒入蛋黄糊里。 用刮刀由底往上轻轻切拌均匀。把边边和底部的蛋黄糊刮干净，拌均匀。 5。把蛋黄糊倒入剩余的2/3蛋白霜里，用刮刀轻轻切拌均匀。把边边和底部的蛋白霜刮干净，拌均匀。 6。把蛋糕糊倒入模型，在桌面轻敲数下，把蛋糕糊里面的气泡敲出。 Pour the batter into the cake pan, bang the pan to get the air bubbles out from the batter. 7。烤箱最下层放一片钢架。水浴法（外层烤盘倒入适量热水） 以160度烤35分钟，再以130度烤30分钟。 Lowest rack, water bath, 160℃ for 35 minutes. And then 130℃ for 30 minutes. 8。烤好后取出，往桌面轻敲一下散热，然后马上倒扣。5分钟后脱模、撕开烘培纸。 不要让风扇直吹着蛋糕，完全冷却后切成3片。 Bang the pan for few times, put the cake pan upside down on wire rack for 5 minutes, then tear away the parchment paper. Let cakes cool completely, then cut into 3 pieces. 9 - B 芝士酱 Cheese Filling： 无盐奶油 + Cream cheese + 炼奶打至乳白色。 倒入Whipping cream，再打1分钟。冷藏备用。Beat Butter + Cream cheese + Condensed milk until smooth and lighten in color. Add Whipping cream, whip for 1 minute. Refrigerate until cold. 10 - C：Cheedar cheese 磨成丝。(跳过这步骤如果不是弄芝士雪花蛋糕） Shredded cheddar cheese. (Skip this step if not making snowy cheese cake) 11。每一份蛋糕涂上芝士酱，重叠，直到完成 Spread cheese filling on each layer. 12。在最上层蛋糕上涂一层的芝士酱后，撒上Cheddar cheese丝，冷藏最少1个小时或隔夜 (跳过这步骤如果不是弄芝士雪花蛋糕） Spread cheese filling on the top layer. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese. (Skip this step if not making snowy cheese cake) Chill for 1 hour or overnight.