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Best Cheesecake in Victoria, B.C.

Emanuel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:21:55 -0800

Where can I get the best cheesecake in Victoria, B.C., to order a whole cake to take away (not to eat a slice at a restaurant)? Bonus points for non-new york style cheesecakes, but I'm interested in new york style as well. Not particularly interested in gimicky "flavours" (like what is offered by Cheesecake 101), more interested in quality. I'll go anywhere in the Greater Victoria area, or even as far as the Cowichan Valley for something really spectacular.

Help me make a tall cheesecake.

tihleigh — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:28:47 -0800

Where can I find a 5- to 6-inch deep springform pan? I've recently been given a great recipe for a New York-style cheesecake. It's perfectly fine when baked in a 3-inch deep, 9-inch in diameter springform pan. However, the recipe would be optimal if I could bake it in a deeper pan—5- to 6-inches in depth is traditional for this style of cheesecake. To keep the recipe unaltered, I'd prefer a pan that's somewhere around 6-inches in diameter as well, but, considering the difficulty I'm having finding any pan at these depths, I'm open to all options.

No, I don't want to buy a crust.

Medieval Maven — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:59:33 -0800

I want to make a pie crust that isn't insane. OK, so I can now bake. I am now trying to make pies. Well, cheesecakes at the moment, but pie will be on the horizon. I followed this recipe for pumpkin cheesecake, and I followed the directions to make the crust with the following caveat - I crushed gingersnaps instead of using graham crackers, and because I was feeding someone with a nut allergy, I eliminated the pecans and subbed with more gingersnap dust. The crust, while not terrible, did not get crispy, and it wept butter all over the place. After refrigeration, the crust was still seeping butter, but of course now it was gooey. It didn't taste bad, but what did I do wrong? I want to make this thing for Thanksgiving and other gatherings this fall, but not with the weirdass gooey crust. Halp!

I need assistance with my cheesecake!

croutonsupafreak — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:37:15 -0800

You buy a frozen cheesecake at the natural food store. It doesn't come with directions. You're hungry. Do you eat it frozen? Wait while it thaws on the counter? Heat it up in the microwave? Heat it up in the oven? Something else?

Cheesecakefilter

Kellydamnit — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:50:01 -0800

How far in advance can one make a cheesecake? I am making a cheesecake for Thanksgiving. Due to various circumstances (friend making drag debut tomorrow night, concert tickets for Wednesday), it looks like I will either have to make it tonight and chill it for a couple days, or make it Thursday morning and cut the six hours chill time short.

Which would be better?

Low-density cheesecake

mr_roboto — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:30:08 -0800

Low-density cheesecake recipes. Once, in Rome, I had the best cheesecake ever. It was nothing like the cheesecake you ususally get in the U.S.: it was much lighter, almost fluffy, with a golden brown carmelized crust on the top. I've been trying various recipes found online in an attempt to replicate this cake, but everything comes out dense, heavy, and way too sweet. Does anyone have a recipe for a lighter (in terms of density, not necessarily calories) cheesecake?

Why does my IE jump like a Kangaroo?

zaelic — Sun, 22 May 2005 04:16:57 -0800

When I use IE Explorer, the page images sometimes start jumping up and down uncontrollably. How can I fix this? (MI.) I use IE explorer - yeah, I know, Mozilla, firefox et al... tried 'em, didn't like them. I recently had a virus related crash, cleaned it up and re-installed Windows 98. Yes, I know it's a Flintstones system, but it is what I have for my old paleolithic PC. Now when I view web pages the image screen starts to jump up and down, making it impossible to use the cursor. It stops after a while, but returns. Is there a patch or fix for this? Upgrading to Windows 2000 will not work on my PC.

Mail Order Cheesecake

theFlyingSquirrel — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:34:16 -0800

Mail Order Cheesecake? My girlfriend really likes pumpkin cognac cheesecake. Unfortunately, the store that sells it here is going out of business. I'm a horrible baker and I can't find much on Google. Is there a baker (preferably online) that would mail delicious cheesecake to Tulsa, OK?