No Bake Caramel Cheesecake

For Kerrin's mom birthday party

I made this tasty caramel cheesecake for Kerrin's mother birthday party. Yes, they loved it… so here is the recipe I want to share…



Serves: 8
Preparation time: 15 mins

you need:

Base

1 x 250 g packet cookies biscuits, crushed

125g butter, melted

Filling

2 x 250 g packets lite cream cheese

1 x 380 g tin Nestle Caramel Top n Fill

1 x 250 g packet lite sour cream

3 tsp gelatine

1 tsp lemon juice

how to make:

Base: 

1. Combine biscuits crumbs and butter, then press into base of spring form tin.

2. Refrigerate to set about 30 mins.

Filling:

1. Mix in a food processor (if you want to get a perfect smooth cream) or an electric mixer, the cream cheese, sour cream, Caramel Top n Fill, and lemon juice. Beat until smooth and well combined.

2. Dissolve gelatin in 1 tbs of water, stir with whisk or fork until fully dissolved.

3. Add to cream cheese mixture and beat until well combined.

4. Pour into prepared biscuit base and refrigerate to set. I left mine about 6 hours. 

Happy baking! Hope you will like this one :-)

I love my Nespresso Citiz

My partner, Kerrin,  bought me a Delonghi Nespresso Citiz with Aeroccino 3 milk frother for my 31st birthday last month, and I'm still crazy about it! 

My Nespresso Citiz

It brews a perfect cup of rich espresso every time with no mess. With its sleek skyline-inspired design, the Citiz delivers the unbeatable convenience and flavor of Nespresso premeasured capsules in a unit that frees up valuable counter space. 

So, here, I want to share my experience of using this awesome coffee machine. Let's start with unboxing it. I found the warranty card from Delonghi, manual book, and the Nespresso club booklet. Yes, I felt like so special because of this exclusive club they have. You need to sign up to be a member to buy your capsules. So, every time you need to get your capsules, you can buy them direct from their websites (min. 50 capsules) or you can go to the nearest Nespresso boutique, in this case, is in Newmarket, Auckland.

unboxing the machine

Then I found 16 variation tester capsules for me to try! (I have tried all of them, Oh My Lord, they were so good). It came with a guidance of each capsules variations. Each capsules gave me different experience. Loved all of them. 

Now let's talk about the features of the machine, it comes with: 

• New Compact Brewing Unit technology
• Backlit on/off and coffee volume buttons
• Easy insertion of capsule
• Ejection of used capsule
• Hot or cold milk froth
• Automatic standby after 30 minutes

and has the technical specs as follows:

• Fast preheating time: 60 seconds
• 34 oz. removable water tank
• Used capsules container capacity: 10
• Dimensions (WxDxH): 9.3 x 14.6 x 10.9 in
• Weight: 10.1 lbs.
• Folding drip tray for Latte

And for cleaning the machine, you need to hand-wash water tank, capsule container and drip tray (do not put them in dishwasher), then wipe base clean with a damp cloth. One thing you need to know is to avoid harsh detergents and abrasive cleansers. And every 6-8 months, you need to descale the machine using Nespresso de-scaling cleanser ( Do not use vinegar). 

it's a perfect hot chocolate

One more thing, I love making hot chocolate by using by using the Aeroccino milk frother. It does the job very well. 

I always said this to Kerrin, A great coffee is a treat! It feels like, having George Clooney everyday in my station! And my Nespresso Citiz is the best! Hahaha..

It's almost a year!

Wooohaaaa....been almost a year neglecting my blog!! I was totally busy with life, study and exploring my hobbies.. and been very lazy writing in my blog (not cool)!

Now, I'm back here...hope I can keep put all my photos and experiences in my awesome blog, and not being lazy anymore!

Since I've started cooking and baking for more, I'll post some photos of my dish, together with the recipes. Still hope I don't get lazy to upload them.

Thanks for keeping up with my blog. Really appreciate it.

OREO upside-down mini cheesecakes

Made these delicious mini cupcakes for my family & friends...and they loooved them!! So, I want to share the recipe with you...

what you need
19  OREO Cookies, divided
2 pkg.  (8 oz. each) Lite Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup lite Sour Cream
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. lemon juice
1 pinch salt
2  eggs

make it
HEAT oven to 350°F.

PLACE 1 cookie in each of 12 paper-lined muffin cups. Coarsely chop remaining cookies; set aside.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream, vanilla, lemon juice and salt; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in chopped cookies. Spoon into muffin cups.

BAKE for 20 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours.

REMOVE cheesecakes from muffin pan; discard paper liners. Serve cookie-sides up.

Hope you like it! Happy baking!