vanilla – empire state of m

First of all, let me just say that i do not know what has gotten inside of me. I bake! I baked last Saturday, i am baking today again! And i like it. The baking is good.

Second of all, the best cheesecake baker is my MOM! No doubt about about it. Everytime i go to my partents‘ for holidays my mom asks what i want to eat. My respond is always the same – whatever you like mother but there has to be a cheesecake.

Third of all, i like cooking, i like kitchen. It is all because my elder sister. Elder = wiser. My parents worked shifts so quite often me and my sister were alone. My mom asked my sister – Kate, prepare the dinner, will you?. And when she was gone for work, my wiser, i mean sly or clever, sister was passing me the message – Maciek, mom said you had to prepare the dinner. And me, 3 years her junior, was very submissive. What can you say? Whatever mom said was sacred.

Now i decide to bake! I am the last in the family who does that (well, except my dad. But dad is dad). My sister turned out to be good at cakes and pies. I do not wanna be any worse.

Last Saturday a brownie, today a huge challenge – cheese-MFing-cake!

I put some figs to have it different than mom’s.

The simplest recipe is this – GO TO THE BAKERY SHOP AND BUY A CHEESECAKE. I was born on Sunday, so my laziness is excused.

But i always choose the hard way.

Ingredients:

1 kg/2 pounds semi-thick cream cheese

5 eggs (separate yolks from egg whites)

1/2 cube of soft butter (125 g)

2/3 cup of sugar (i use brown sugar)

1 tbsp of vanilla extract

4 tbsps corn starch

tea biscuits or graham crackers (depends on how big your baking cake pan is)