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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Just got the e-mail notice. I ordered them this morning. I needed a 14” so we would have a bottom tier for our wedding-cheesecake (we already had 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, & 11, but no bigger.)

And I needed a 16” ‘cause as long as I was paying half again the cost of the pan for shipping I might as well get two pans out of the deal and only pay ¼ again the cost of the pans for shipping. And because . . . it’s a 16” springform pan. [Big Grin]

(edit -- we also have a square one that we got at a shower last week. How cool is that!)

[ March 07, 2005, 08:59 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*measures with hands* Wow, that's big.

Wait a sec, you're baking your own wedding cake?

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Oooh, chocolate with coconunt sprinkles and cherry cheesecake filling?

How about a stack of twinkies and call it a day?

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

That's a lot of pans!

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Yep. The fancy part anyway. Mom will decorate (she did it professionally for years and years.) (Which is why we're having cheesecake -- no one in my family can stand actual cake after years of cake scraps and helping to make frosting.)

The tiered part won't be big enough for everyone, though, so the extras are coming from Cheesecake factory.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Dan, no. New York style, very crumbly, with purple royal icing flowers (the kind that get all hard and taste like meringue. And that I used to sneak into Mom’s cake room to eat.)

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*drool*

Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

[Razz]

<---Me Licking the Icing

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

OOOh!!!! Can I come? Can I? Can I?

*jealous because she has no springform pans and cheesecake doesn't exist here in its proper form anyway*

*contemplates that she's being ridiculous because cream cheese is available, so she should quit being so lazy and make her own*

*realizes that she's off sugar, so that would be a major moving violation*

*contemplates her miserable sugar free, chocolate free life*

*runs from thread screaming*

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quid, do you use any of the sugar substitutes? You can bake with some of them at low temps (which is what cheesecake wants anyway).

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

rivka, I don't. Chemical substitutes are no good for me, chemically sensitive girl. I'm not off sugar permanently, just for a month or two or something. I've just been having a lot of health issues lately which I think would be better and more easily resolved if I get off it entirely for a while to let my body recover. Plus the theory is that I'll have the added bonus of breaking addictions, so my sugar consumption later may be lighter.

And then there's the whole even if I did sugar substitutes, they're not available here, so it doesn't really matter thing.

But thanks for asking.

*runs from thread again*

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Oh, yum.

On a similar note, Steve ordered me a covered lasagna pan(I alwasy hate to use tin foil) and a POPOVER pan. I am so excited.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

*drool* cheeeesecake.

My springform pan hasn't even been opened. I've never trired making cheesecake. Hmm.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Mac, you must rush to the nearest library or bookstore and acquire The Joy of Cheesecake.

Dozens and dozens of variations. [Big Grin]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

>_<

I did not need to know of the existence of this book. I already HAVE 15 or so cheesecake recipes!

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

I have that book. Or one very similar to it. It's the bane of my existence. [Grumble]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

*DROOL*

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

Basic cheesecake is eaaaasy. Chuck makes it every once in a while. I love that man. For some reason, though, he usually has way more batter than pan. A good idea (if this happens) is to use a muffin tin and little muffin papers to make mini-cheesecakes!

Rats.

Now I want cheesecake!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

So do I!

I hate you all.

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I love cheesecake. My mom makes a mean cheesecake, but it usually gets a brown crust on top. Does that always happen when you make them homemade?

Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :

Depends on the temperature at which baked.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I think we definitely need to test out ALL of the cheesecake pans before they get used to make the wedding cake. Wouldn't want to screw that up, would we?

Maybe several tests are in order.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[ROFL]

My husband and his predeliction for sweets would dictate that you are correct on that, Bob. So test away! Just make sure you ship me some. . .

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Yes, Bob, I would be happy to test the cheesecake, even if it is a little squised and a few days old.
It is only fair.
Plus, I am sure that it would only have a third of the calories at that point. That is my theory with day old bagels, anyway.

Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :

I love cheesecake! It'll be much better than any ordinary wedding cake!

I made a new kind of cheesecake (made with ricotta) for Valentine's day and it was wonderful. Is it a bad thing that I have an entire category in my recipe box devoted to cheesecake and brownies? [Big Grin]

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

I love cheesecake more than any other dessert in the world. Well, that I've tried as of right now. I had a friend in high school whose mother was a caterer at Lambeau Field, and they made cheesecake on a stick (cheesecake, stick, dipped in chocolate). Come Monday morning, we'd get all the leftovers. I loved those days.

My mom has a springform pan and doesn't use it much. I very much want to steal it. Borrow! I very much want to borrow it.

Crap. Now I want to go find cheesecake.

Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :

Goat cheese cake is my favourite [Smile]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Goat cheese cake?!?!

That sounds tragically delicious. Wouldn't happen to have a recipe, would ya? *bats eyes*

Also - the best cheesecake I ever had was at the dorm cafeteria in college. It was a pumpkin cheescake with a pecan syrup.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Ohmigod, Cafe Latte here in town makes the best cheesecake, and the slices are huge, and one of their seasonal ones is a pumpkin pecan cheesecake that might be the best thing ever.

Although I've had goat cheese cakes that were quite good, too.

And honestly, I say "best ever" about a lot of food items when they're the ones I'm thinking of at the moment. [Blushing]

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

They're here! And they're huge! But they aren't springform pans.

It's all KrabbyPatty's fault. She told me she found a source for oversized springform pans, and I went to it without looking closely and ordered "cheesecake pans." When they got here I found out they were just the loose-bottom kind, not springform.

Which is okay for most kinds of cheesecake, as long as it has a bottom crust. But should never, ever be used for Jr. Mints cheesecake because the mints will melt and the peppermint oil and melted sugar will run out the bottom of the pan and get all over the oven.

Not that I'm speaking from personal experience, of course. [Embarrassed]

But for plain, new york style wedding cheesecake, these will be fine. [Cool]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

"loose-bottom kind,"

Hey! I've got a loose bottom!

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

And you're bragging? [Eek!]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I'm just saying. Some people are so insensitive, you know? I mean, just throwing around the loose-bottom comments and all. Like we're not as good as those with springy forms. Sheesh.

[ March 12, 2005, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]