Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cheesecake
The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.
Okie. I’m a few days late with my April Daring Bakers post. I have no excuses except that I just forgot when the posting date was.
I was excited to see that this months challenge was a Cheesecake since I’ve never made one, vegan or not. I’ve definitely eaten my share though. I was also happy that we could go with whatever flavor we wanted. I decided to go for Milk Chocolate and Peanut Butter. It was an unusual choice for me since I have never been a fan of anything milk chocolate. The peanut butter was a last minute decision and a good one at that. Just before I was pouring the cheesecake batter onto the crust I had the wonderful idea of spreading a nice layer of natural creamy peanut butter on the crust first.
As usual while I was baking the cheesecake I was sure it would be a total FAIL. Especially since I made up the recipe on the fly and have never made a cheesecake. I dutifully let it continue baking though and cooled it down properly in the fridge until set. I went off to my yoga class, came home and ate some quinoa and beans and then cut a slice of the cheesecake.
I first surprised at how well it set up. I was then surprised at how tasty it was. The chocolate was very light tasting and definitely “milky” with a nice hint of cinnamon. The peanut butter was a glorious addition although next time I make it I’ll spread more on. I’m really excited about this new recipe. It needs it’s little tweaks here and there like maybe more cream cheese and less tofu and a tad more sugar. It needs a bit more of that cream cheesey tang that I remember from real cheesecake. Overall I think this might turn out to be a great “base” recipe that I can change up the flavors however I want in the future.
p.s. sorry for the all BOLD post. I don’t even have my bold setting on as I type this. I’m too busy today to figure out why this is happening.
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chi
April 29, 2009 at 9:17 AM (10 years ago)that looks yummy!
i cant wait to eat it!
Lacey
April 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM (10 years ago)Peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake? AWESOME!
anjelikuh
April 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM (10 years ago)Yuummm, chocolate + peanut butter can never go wrong. Such a rich combination. Great job!
Chantal
April 29, 2009 at 2:36 PM (10 years ago)Peanut butters must have swooned when they read spread peanut butter over the crust, sounds like a great idea!
melody polakow
April 29, 2009 at 6:11 PM (10 years ago)Yum! It looks awesome
Katy
April 29, 2009 at 6:36 PM (10 years ago)Peanut butter + chocolate = awesomeness!
Nutmeg Nanny
April 29, 2009 at 7:35 PM (10 years ago)Peanut butter and chocolate is sooooooo good together! Anything with that combination is a plus in my book:) You made a great looking cheesecake!!!
Vegetation
April 30, 2009 at 3:22 AM (10 years ago)Oh wow! If that was sitting in my fridge there would be none left just hours after it set up! Yum!!!
Vic
April 30, 2009 at 6:24 AM (10 years ago)Vegan Cheesecake is awesome! Yours looks great!
Kris
April 30, 2009 at 10:50 AM (10 years ago)I love cheesecake! That looks so creamy… yum!
Melisser
April 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM (10 years ago)It sure looks beautiful! I was never a cheesecake fan pregan, but I enjoy them now!
Lisa
April 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM (10 years ago)Milk chocolate and peanut butter happens to be one of my favorite flavor combos, so when I saw your beautiful cheesecake, I had to comment. Awesome job – simply mouth watering!
asti
April 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM (10 years ago)yum yum yum.. that peanut butter on the crust is surely a great idea. Well done.
Nikki
May 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM (10 years ago)Ouh yummy! Sounds and looks awesome!
Jes
May 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM (10 years ago)Mmm great looking cheesecake!
yoga classes
May 4, 2009 at 3:03 AM (10 years ago)yoga is great, but Zumba is so much fun!
JennyBakes
May 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM (10 years ago)It looks and sounds great. I’d love to hear how you made it, once you have the recipe tweaked to your satisfaction. Thanks for being a part of the April Daring Bakers Challenge!
Jenny of JennyBakes