I made this cake for one house-cooling party. We were quite a lot of people, and I was seeking for something rich to bake, so one regular sized cake would satisfy all of us (we were 16 or so). I have found these receipt on joyofbaking.ca, and I loved the idea. So, ladies and gentlemen, welcome the peanut butter cheesecake!
It consists of 3 major parts: base, cheese and chocolate. Let's go one by one.
1.5 cups of chocolate biscuits, crumbled
2 tablespoons of sugar
6 tablespoons (85 g) of butter
Turn on the oven at 180C. Mix the cookies crumble with sugar and melted butter, you will get a dough-like substance. Distribute it evenly in your baking form (before that you might cover the form with baking paper or foil or at least some butter, so you could remove the cake afterwards), don't forget to make sides of 2-3 cm. Bake the whole construction for ~10 minutes, till it gets firm. Let it cool down a bit afterwards.
250 g of cream cheese (I used ricotta)
Peanut butter: if you don't want it to be super rich take 120 ml (0.5 cup). Originally it's suggested to take the whole cup, so you decide what suits you more. The difference is the intensity of the peanut taste. For me, half-cup worked perfectly well.
Whipped cream - either whip it yourself from 120 ml of 30% cream of just take the ready one, I'd say ~1 cup volume or simply half of a ballon.
1 cup (115 g) of sugar powder (I took less, it's more a matter of taste)
vanilla extract
This is our bomb! With love and affection mix all these gorgeous ingredients one by one till you get a uniform mass. Pour it all in our cooled crust in the form and send it to the refrigerator for 3-4 hours so it would get harder.
120 g of dark chocolate
rest of the whipped cream (same 120 ml)
1 tablespoon of butter
This is our ganash topping! Melt the chocolate and the butter in a pot (better, place it over a bigger pot with some boiling water) and add the cream. Let it cool down to the room temperature and spread it over the cheese. Decorate with salty peanuts (in my case pistachios made as good) and put it back in the fridge. It's a perfect cake to be prepared in advance and you can guess yourself that one needs just a small piece to satisfy even the most insatiable sweet-tooth!
It consists of 3 major parts: base, cheese and chocolate. Let's go one by one.
2 tablespoons of sugar
6 tablespoons (85 g) of butter
Turn on the oven at 180C. Mix the cookies crumble with sugar and melted butter, you will get a dough-like substance. Distribute it evenly in your baking form (before that you might cover the form with baking paper or foil or at least some butter, so you could remove the cake afterwards), don't forget to make sides of 2-3 cm. Bake the whole construction for ~10 minutes, till it gets firm. Let it cool down a bit afterwards.
250 g of cream cheese (I used ricotta)
Peanut butter: if you don't want it to be super rich take 120 ml (0.5 cup). Originally it's suggested to take the whole cup, so you decide what suits you more. The difference is the intensity of the peanut taste. For me, half-cup worked perfectly well.
Whipped cream - either whip it yourself from 120 ml of 30% cream of just take the ready one, I'd say ~1 cup volume or simply half of a ballon.
1 cup (115 g) of sugar powder (I took less, it's more a matter of taste)
vanilla extract
This is our bomb! With love and affection mix all these gorgeous ingredients one by one till you get a uniform mass. Pour it all in our cooled crust in the form and send it to the refrigerator for 3-4 hours so it would get harder.
120 g of dark chocolate
rest of the whipped cream (same 120 ml)
1 tablespoon of butter
This is our ganash topping! Melt the chocolate and the butter in a pot (better, place it over a bigger pot with some boiling water) and add the cream. Let it cool down to the room temperature and spread it over the cheese. Decorate with salty peanuts (in my case pistachios made as good) and put it back in the fridge. It's a perfect cake to be prepared in advance and you can guess yourself that one needs just a small piece to satisfy even the most insatiable sweet-tooth!
And what did your friends?
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