Japanese Cotton Soft Funfetti Cheesecake

I chose this Japanese Cotton Soft Funfetti Cheesecake for my monthly Baking Partners challenge.

Being a cake I had only heard of in passing, one tucked away in the back of my mind (among 100′s of others) as something to make one day I was happy to be given the chance excuse to make it.

It was the unique name that first caught my attention. It proved to be a cheesecake unlike any traditional American cheesecake I’ve ever known.

Let me count the ways. [Read more...]

Skinny Strawberry Cheesecake Brownies

Tricky little things these skinny strawberry cheesecake brownies are being only 115 calories and 4 grams of fat each. I’ll let that sink in.

Packed with all the richness of a full fat brownie they don’t taste the least bit low-calorie or low-fat. That’s the tricky part.

One of the many things I love about them is they don’t require any weird ingredients like you sometimes find with low calorie recipes, only wholesome ones you can feel good about eating and probably have on hand right now for an impromptu baking session. [Read more...]

Gingerbread Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies

Sweet and spicy gingerbread thumbprint cookies with cheesecake centers and a chocolate drizzle. Nothing spells C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s better! [Read more...]

Sweet Potato Cheesecake Bars

Sweet potato-spiked cheesecake filling infused with cinnamon and vanilla baked over a graham cracker cookie crust.

To spice things up even further you can replace the grahams with zingy gingersnap cookies. [Read more...]

Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles

Cinnamon-spiced pumpkin purée marries cream cheese and graham crackers in these seasonal candy truffles. Charming little treats that are far too easy to pop into your mouth like there’s no tomorrow. Not that I would know anything about that. [Read more...]