Mmmm Dessert Of The Week

Lemon Cheesecake In My Pyrex Cups

I have always been a fan of sweets and desserts.  Give me a slice of pie, or a gooey chocolate chip cookie any day over a bag of potato chips and I'm in heaven.

Reality is that I have to watch what I eat more than ever before to keep the health and waistline in check so I limit my desserts to once a week and then I make it one to savour.

Anything lemon, whether it's pie, bread or cake has always been one of my favourites and when I came across this recipe by My Baking Addiction on Pinterest, I just had to make it. 

Costco has a nice size bag of lemons that I purchased as I like to use lemons for many different reasons such as cooking, baking, in my glass of water, squeezing lemon on fish and vegetables,  and freshening up my garburator and counters.  It doesn't break the bank buying them in bulk if it's something that I use a lot of.  If I buy a single lemon at the local grocery store, it costs about one dollar each and I can get a 5 pound bag of lemons at Costco for around $5.99!  

I don't have the cute little jars, but I found my 6 Pyrex cups worked just fine.  I cut the calories a bit by adding Cool Whip Light on top and also using Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese.  Raspberries are also in season and I had some mint leaves from a Watermelon Feta Salad recipe that I am going to try.  

The lemon curd is quite sweet, so I cut back on the sugar by two tablespoons and it was still plenty sweet for my liking.

Mix Graham Crumbs And Press Down The Graham Cracker Crumbs in Pyrex Cups

Put Pressed Down Crumbs In Water Bath On Baking Sheet

Mix The Sugar And Lemon Rind Well

Ready To Bake

Top Cooled Cheesecake With Lemon Curd

Serve With A Dollop Of Cool Whip Light Or Real Whipped Cream

Yum!

It is really difficult to have just one.  Enjoy!

Twisted Sketches Sketch #146

I always love Anam's sketches.  I especially love circles so this weeks sketch is my kind of sketch.  The twist on this sketch was "brads" anyhow, anyway.  I used a cupcake brad to dot my "i" in the title word "baking".

Baking With Love

Scrapbooking is my passion and when I am not scrapbooking, I love to cook and bake so this paper from Little Yellow Bicycle was the perfect choice.  It is from the "Savoury" Collection.  There is also some October Afternoon papers and embellishments too.  Every Sunday I usually make pancakes or waffles and these were chocolate pancakes that I made to celebrate spring.

I hope you get inspired by Anam's sketches as much as I do.  You can find the sketch here.

Have a great day!

My New Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer!

Kitchen Aid Artisan Stand Mixers

Besides scrapbooking, I love baking.  It is so relaxing.  Christmas is just around the corner and my husband bought me something that I have wanted for years.  A new Kitchen Aid Artisan Stand Mixer!  It's going to be great!  I got the mixer in Green Apple.  Today I am going to make some chocolate chip cookies and try it out. 

Baking On The Last Day Of Spring

It hasn't really felt like spring here in Alberta, Canada but the first day of summer starts tomorrow.  I really don't enjoy cooking or baking as much in the summer except for grilled fare and cooking with berries.  The raspberries, blueberries and strawberries are coming into season and I couldn't resist baking my usual Royal Raspberry Cake.  It is so delicious and very low in fat.

Measure 3 and 1/2 cups of fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes

Let cool on cooling rack for 5 minutes

Drizzle with icing 

Enjoy!  It's best warm and also excellent with vanilla ice cream.

If anyone is interested in this recipe, let me know.  Have a wonderful last day of Spring!