Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes

I have finally tried these cookies and cream cheesecakes from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. I mentioned a while ago that I've been wanting to try this recipe but somehow just didn't get to it. Well, I finally did! They were very very easy to make. But I wonder if Martha Stewart expect the people who try her recipes to feed an army. Okay, exaggeration. Not an army but maybe two football teams. Most recipes make two dozen to over thirty cupcakes! For this recipe, it makes 30, so I halved it.

They were yummy and the people who tried them all liked it very much. But personally, I prefer the other Oreo cheesecake, the one that I always make :P

Oreo Cheesecake

A friend ordered this oreo cheesecake for his ex-boss. He tried it before and really loved it. I have to admit, I don't know how to take the cheesecake out of the tin nicely. The sides are not smooth at all, really rough and jagged-looking. How do people make them so smooth? But, as my friend said, it's a 'damn good oreo cheesecake' :)

This ex-boss that he ordered the cake for must have been a very very good employer. Separately, a colleague of my friend's ordered some chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting for her too as it was her birthday. If I'm not mistaken, I think this lady has retired for a while. And to have your ex-staff still remember your birthday and send you gifts, she must've been one special employer!

Oreo Cupcakes

It was a friend's birthday and so I decided to bake her some cupcakes. I didn't want to make any chocolate cupcakes as I've been baking them A LOT over the past few weeks. I decided on Oreo cupcakes as I seem to have quite a few packets of them. I can't remember why. Oh, ya. I've been meaning to make Martha Stewart's Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes (go to 52Cupcakes for recipe) but just haven't got round to it.

I didn't make it this time either because I didn't have any cream cheese. All I had in the fridge was a tub of the spreadable variety. And believe it or not, I did go to the shops to get them. And believe it or not, they were out of stock!

So I just made vanilla cupcakes and folded in some crushed oreos. And I made Cream Cheese Oreo frosting using the spreadable cream cheese that I had. I think that's why it's so soft, and also because I didn't put in as much icing sugar as required. Oh, I got the recipe for the frosting from TheRedDeer. Well, I followed the recipe but I didn't really follow the recipe. Er, guess that doesn't make any sense. Well, I didn't put as much icing sugar and I put in WAAAAAY too many oreos. I think that's why it looks so 'black', kinda like black sesame paste actually. But, but, saying all that, it's actually really yum.

Happy Birthday, S! I hope you enjoyed your birthday cupcakes :)

Say Cheese(cakes)!

Yes, I seem to be going through a cheesecake phase. I made this baked blueberry cheesecake last week. Berries again, you say. Well, there was a discount on blueberries in the supermarket, so what better time to make something with blueberries? But I tell you, I think next time I'll just buy the puree straight. It's a lot of work straining those berries through a sieve!



And yesterday, I made an oreo cheescake. This one is just a chilled one, no baking whatsoever. There's whipped cream added to it, so it's very light, not dense like a normal cheesecake. I know my photography is very bad, but do not let looks deceive you!! Both cheesecakes were very well-received!