Out in the garden to harvest some...
Store bought Sweet Potato :)
Can't get it in there
Can get it in there
Grab some water
Don't pour too much... It might overflow when it boils
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lol
Now, just let it boil
It takes around 20? 30? mins to cook
20 mins is plenty of time to get everything else ready
Decided to use some oreos for the base
Don't need the Oreo filling in the middle so... scrape off as much as possible
I think I used around 80g of Oreos (excluding the filling)
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Make sure there's no big chunks of Oreos left in there
Grab some UNSALTED butter (45g)
and melt it in the microwave
I think it took me like 45? 60 seconds
Pour it ALLLL
Mix THROUGHLY
It's an 18cm Cake tin btw
Evenly spread and press down on the oreo crust(?) to make the base Leave it in the fridge until the cheesecake mixture is ready.
You can't make a cheese cake without some Cream Cheese
I used 250g (room temp preferably)
Bully the cream cheese until it turns soft and smooth
Not seem to be working...
Probably should change the equipment
There. Much better.
Time to add some sugar (80g)
Mix until smooth again
If you have a hand mixer, use that. It'll make life much easier for you...
Good enough I guess
Jab the Sweet potato to see if it''s ready.
Yep, It's ready
Get in there
It's hot AF, so, I recommend leaving it in cold water for a while before you try to peel it
or, suffer your way through it like I did...
You don't have to mash it completly smooth
It's fine to have some small chunks of sweet potato here and there :)
IN
and mix
Grab some sour cream
and add around 5 Tbsps
Mix
You can replace sour cream with plain Greek yogurt btw
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Beat it!
Oops... I think I added a bit too much in one go...
Meh, Should be fine
Grab some corn starch (1 Tbsp)
Corn starch can help prevent cracks in Cheese cakes, but, it's completely optional
Almost done
Pour the mixture in to the cake tin
Surround it with a layer of foil and bang the cake tin on the table to get rid of air bubbles
Pour some HOT water before you put the cake in the oven
20 mins at 180°C + 55 more mins at 150°C
after you take it out of the oven, let it sit in the fridge overnight
...Oops
lol
Lucky it didn't drop off the table
Time to get some lemon and orange from the backyard
Just need some citrus zest
Careful not to get any pith in your zest
Perfect
Sprinkle
DONE
REALLY happy with how it turned out
I was originally thinking of making this with a purple sweet potato
but I couldn't find any...
If someone makes a purple version... Show me!
I think It was a really good idea to add citrus zest on the cake
If you like sweet potato and cheese cake, I highly recommend you give this a try!
Digging a hole so that I can harvest a 'already harvested' sweet potato Thanks for watching :)