Beri biru Cheesecake...hehehhe

We received an invitation from our old neighbour, to a housewarming cum makan-makan at their new home last Saturday. I baked a blueberry cheesecake for the occasion. I saw a picture of the cheesecake at one of my friend's FB. And she is so kind for leaving a link to the recipe that she used.

Here is the recipe (Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe ):

Ingredients for cheese filling:

1 ½ lbs cream cheese (that is 750gm of philly cream cheese or 3 bar of 250gm of philly)

1 1/3 cups sugar

5 large eggs

16 ounces sour cream (or 500gm)

¼ cup flour

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 can blueberry pie filling (I did my own blueberry glaze)

For base: I used Kak Ida's cheesecake sempoi recipe.

Method:

1. Beat the cream cheese until it’s light and fluffy.

2. Add sugar (a little at a time) and beat until creamy.

3. Add one egg at a time (beating after each one).

4. Add flour, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Mix well.

5. Add sour cream and beat until smooth.

6. Pour cream cheese mixture over the crust/base.

7. Place into the oven on the middle rack and back at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes (I set the oven at 180deg C).

8. When time is up prop open the oven door and let cheesecake sit in the oven for 1 hour.

9. Remove and allow cheesecake to cool and refrigerate overnight.

10. Top with blueberry pie filling (or blueberry glaze, see recipe below).

Ingredients for blueberry glaze:

About 4 cups of fresh/frozen blueberry (I bought I pack of fresh blueberries)

1/2 cup of sugar

1 cup of water

2 tbs of cornstarch (add 2tbs of water to it)

1 tbs of lemon juice

Method:

1. Combine blueberries with sugar and water.

2. Bring to boil.

3. Squash a bit some of the berries.

4. Mix in the cornstarch paste (slowly). You have to stir the mixture or else it will get curdle easily.

5. Simmer for about 15 minutes.

6. Add lemon juice. Mix well and then remove from heat. Let it cool.

7. Spoon the glaze on top the cheesecake. Then refrigerate.

Note:

I found the cheese filling is too much, almost filling to the brim of the spring form. You can see from the picture above, the cake was a bit horrible...hehehe...Maybe reducing the cream cheese and egg will give better result. So to make the cake more presentable (to cover the ugliness huhu), I prepared buttercream frosting and using the piping bag, tried my best to hide the mess.

Owhh.... I finally get the buttercream frosting texture like I wanted. I prepared syrup instead of using icing mixture (thanks Iza for the tip).

And after spending 1 hour, trying to be creative, this is the result :p

Yummy. Have a go.