Actually the idea just struck me in that morning while I was browsing the net in the office and decided to give it a shot to make something for the chinese new year celebrations, so I bought the cream cheese and the necessary ingredients during lunch break for a trial bake to see how it would taste and experiment before making an actual one for chinese new year (cannot sia suoi mah...)
Basically the ingredients are mostly the same as the durian cheesecake recipe, and just substitute the part where the durians were added with the flavour you want. In this case, green tea powder or others call it macha powder.
Basically just add two teaspoons of green tea powder to the mixture and mix it all together, the green tea powder will give it a natural light grey-ish green colour. My cheesecake colour was a little off because I wanted to make green swirls on the top layer actually but instead the swirly mixture was not "liquid" enough (biggg mistake) and I can't mix the two mixtures on top, so I had to kinda blend it in instead.
That's why you see the colour on the top layer of the cake in the photo above a little "disturbing" in a way haha.. But when I tried it the next morning, I couldn't taste the slightest taste of green tea or any sweetness for that matter because I left out the condensed milk in order to fully compliment the green tea flavour. However I did add like a few spoons of sugar so it's not totally plain.
A little disappointed though, but weird enough my cousin Kim tasted it while I was at work and she msged me on msn saying that it's good?! Surprisingly, my aunt thought the same. I didn't get it, probably the cakes I made before I added sugar + condensed milk and it was TOO sweet? and I guess they liked the natural cheesey flavour instead of the sweetness. So in a sense, the green tea cheesecake now is like regular cheesecake, only GREEN?
I think next time I'd use Anchor cream cheese instead of Philadephia for green tea cheesecake because Philadephia has a stronger cheese smell (that's why it's more expensive) but Anchor has a lighter cheese smell (cheaper!), something I need to fully compliment and allow the green tea powder to work it's magic.
Sigh...
Labels: cheesecakes, food, photos
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10 Comments:
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u always mae dlcs cheese cake... i love it..
n pls send to me 1 slice
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S i T i H a J a R, at
5:26 PM
In never heard of green tea cheese cake before... I suppose ur are a cake creator^^ do you still in touch with eugene and yeelin? Maybe we can meet someday.
By leo7_lion, at
11:33 PM
sitihajar: how u know my cheesecakes nice woh? haha... :P
cornelius: sure anytime bro, I still keep in touch with eugene though haha :P
By Dezmond, at
11:46 PM
Looks nice ...
By Dav DiDi, at
1:24 PM
My mom usually uses golden churn butter to make cakes/cookies. I guess you can give that a try too :)
By mrronnieteo, at
10:49 AM
dav didi: looks is nice but taste I dunno la haha
ronnie: yea.. probably I'll give golden churn a try for the next cheesecake :P
By Dezmond, at
1:15 PM
looks good! comment on my post and ex links? :D
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Still got mood while you are literally "flooded"? You are really good with baking? Anyway I wanna wish you happy chinese cow year! May the God of prosperity bless with you with lots of money. And may you always be in good health! =)
By Tekkaus, at
3:26 AM
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--------------------------------------------------Happy Chinese Niu Year Brother!!
By leo7_lion, at
11:41 AM
