I made a 'Burned' Basque Cheesecake

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lana-in-fl

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and it came out very well - eventually. After I found out that the base was missing from my 10 inch spring form pan, I started doing the math to convert it. But I don't trust conversions, so I found a recipe for an 8 inch pan.......but found that my next size pan was a 9 inch. So I used a regular 8 inch cake pan with taller parchment paper so I could lift the cheesecake out. Made the delicate mixture, put it in the oven, which lost its handle last week, but had wooden temporary handles courtesy of DH, one of which had fallen off, but what the heck, I can still open it with one handle, right? So it's cooking away, and DH comes in with a new piece of wood and OPENS THE OVEN DOOR so he can fix the handle on. Luckily I was in the room and shrieked loudly. I was very nervous the next day when I sliced into it, but it hadn't been harmed and was very good. DD, who finds cheesecake too rich, ate her whole slice - it's light and vanilla flavored with an extra fillip from the dark brown top. Definitely a keeper. I used the recipe from the Tin Eats website.
 
What an adventure. I was taking a bread to a big party (just once) and as it was in the bread machine, H turned off the power. I think there was a little shrieking going on then as well.

My new machine has a prevention for that, even though H isn't around anymore.
 
lana-in-fl said:
and it came out very well - eventually. After I found out that the base was missing from my 10 inch spring form pan, I started doing the math to convert it. But I don't trust conversions, so I found a recipe for an 8 inch pan.......but found that my next size pan was a 9 inch. So I used a regular 8 inch cake pan with taller parchment paper so I could lift the cheesecake out. Made the delicate mixture, put it in the oven, which lost its handle last week, but had wooden temporary handles courtesy of DH, one of which had fallen off, but what the heck, I can still open it with one handle, right? So it's cooking away, and DH comes in with a new piece of wood and OPENS THE OVEN DOOR so he can fix the handle on. Luckily I was in the room and shrieked loudly. I was very nervous the next day when I sliced into it, but it hadn't been harmed and was very good. DD, who finds cheesecake too rich, ate her whole slice - it's light and vanilla flavored with an extra fillip from the dark brown top. Definitely a keeper. I used the recipe from the Tin Eats website.
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This sounds so good. I’ve never had it. It looks like flan. Does it taste anything like that?
 
No, it's not at all like flan, though the predominant flavour (to me) was vanilla.It's a very light cheesecake, not a custard. I find it quite difficult to describe apart from light and airy. Some recipes say it has a flan-like center, so I may have baked mine a little too long.
 
lana-in-fl said:
No, it's not at all like flan, though the predominant flavour (to me) was vanilla.It's a very light cheesecake, not a custard. I find it quite difficult to describe apart from light and airy. Some recipes say it has a flan-like center, so I may have baked mine a little too long.
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Sounds like I’m going to have to try it…oh woe is me, forced to eat dessert, lol!
 
My husband doesn't like cheesecake but a neighbor gave us giftcards to Cheesecake Factory and I signed up for their rewards program so it got us a free piece of cheesecake and I said lets try the basque since a friend loves it there. For once, he liked the cheesecake. There is something about a basque cheesecake that is pretty different.
 
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