The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. You can see more details of Daring Baker challenges here.
Living in the UK, I couldn't get hold of the specified Graham's crackers but this was just fine as I had some homemade ginger biscuits in the freezer. There weren't quite enough so I also mixed in some bought shortbread biscuits.. yummm. They went really well with some rhubarb that also needed using up. I stewed the rhubarb with a bit of honey and added onto the pressed crust before covering it all with the super rich batter. This isn't just cheescake...
This was how my crushed ginger and shortbread biscuits looked..
HOW MUCH soft cheese?!
I have to admit that this month's challenge was a joint effort with cycling mum's husband. A spare pair of hands was very welcome to do fiddly things like unwrapping the cheesecake. You've got to be careful with this baby!
This was declared 'the best cheescake my friend had EVER eaten'. That made me happy, I'm easily pleased.
3 comments:
You cheesecake looks great! I've never had rhubarb before and I think yours is the 4th post I've seen that used Rhubarb in the cheesecake! Well done!!!
Ginger and rhubarb sounds like an amazing combination for spring. I'm glad it went over so well. Thanks for being a part of the April Daring Baker's Challenge!
Jenny of JennyBakes
Rhubarb is one of my favorite things to eat (we get it in abundance here in Sweden right now and all through summer), but it has never occurred to me to put it in a cheesecake. Must give that a try. And your friend is right - the cheesecake recipe for April's DB was the tastiest cheesecake ever!
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