pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

[blakeich]

First layer:
1 8 ounce cream cheese, room temp
1 egg
1/4 cup splenda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a springform pan, dust with ground pecans if desired
Beat cream cheese, add egg, splenda and vanilla.
Spread cream cheese mixture in evenly in pan

Second layer:
1 8 ounce cream cheese, room temp
1 egg
1/4 cup splenda
1 can pumpkin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves

Beat cream cheese, add remaining ingredients, mix well.
Carefully spread over first layer.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 - 50 minutes check center with toothpick, if set, turn oven off open door slightly and let cool in oven for one hour.

Let cool completely on cooling rack then refridgerate.

Remove springform ring and serve with real whipped cream.

I figure about 16 carbs for the entire cake, 1 carb per serving if you cut into 16 peices.

You might like to add a little more splenda if you like really sweet desserts.

I like creating new recipes and I wanted one that I could have at Thankgiving and enjoy every bite with out the guilt of sugary desserts and not feel deprived. This is a recipe that I have made for years, only made with sugar and a graham crust.

Hi i found this cheese cake on a different site. But i have a couple of questions i have to ask. i tried asking on that site but nobody ever replied.

Do i have to bake the first and second layer at seperate times or do i just put one on top of the other and bake all together. its just i thought it would sink. and second is how do i prepare a fresh pumpkin to get like to the same texture as a canned pumpkin?

can anybody help cause i'm thinking about cooking this tonight

[theredhead]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

I made something similar to this one time and it turned out very well. I just put the batters on top of each other and baked it all at once. They stayed in layers just fine. Now, as for using a fresh pumpkin, I'll defer to someone who knows what they're talking about.

[Momma2threegirls]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

Same time! I LOVE pumpkin cheesecake - I use a different recipe - but it's similar. I also freeze small slices for when i have a craving...but it doesn't tend to stall me for the week. It's the nut crust. i love nuts..but they don't love me

Enjoy!

[shaunawa]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

I just cooked fresh pumpkin the other night. Take a pumpkin and cut it in half..scoop out the insides (saving the seeds of course to cook up later) Take a dutch oven pot and put in about three inches of water. Slice up your pumpkin into chunks leaving the skin on. Put chunks into water and bring to a boil. Once you are at a rolling boil turn down and simmer for twenty minutes. It is done when you can pierce skin with a fork and it goes in easily. Dump out water and scoop off pumpkin from the skin. I just mashed mine up and ate it with butter and salt and pepper. But if you are going to use it this way you may need a food processor or blender to make it softer.

Shauna

[chauber]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

I cook my pumpkin in the microwave. I buy the baking size ones, piece the skin an put it in whole for 10 minutes. I then turn it over and cook it for 5 more minutes. I leave it in the microwave for about 10 minutes to continue steaming. Then I cut it in half, scrap out the seeds and stringy pumpkin, and peel the rind off the good meat. I beat mine like mashed potatoes with butter...but you could probably skip the butter and beat it with an electric mixer, blender, or food processor.

BTW...the recipe sounds yummy.

[stephjill]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

"I figure about 16 carbs for the entire cake, 1 carb per serving if you cut into 16 peices."

How is it figured there are only 16 carbs in the entire cake when theres 16 carbs in the cheese alone???

[mission to lose]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

That's why you should always do your own calculating for any recipe you try.
You can plug the figures into fit day to get a total breakdown.
Just enter it into the food log a day in the future.

FYI-According to Fitday 8 oz of cream cheese = 6 grams of carbs

[stephjill]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

well according to atkins 1oz of cheese = 1 carb ..don't go tryin to confuse me!

[mission to lose]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

well according to atkins 1oz of cheese = 1 carb ..don't go tryin to confuse me!

Hi Steph,

Just so I can learn, what source are you using, the Book (what page), a link, a website? Fitday shows 1 oz as .8 grams. (Now I feel a little confused.)

And what type of cheese did you look up? 1 oz of (what kind of) cheese = 1 carb. 1 oz of cream cheese?

Thanks

[stephjill]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

i still have the 1999 book but on page125 in small print it says " count one ounce of cheese as equivalent to one gram carb"..heck i guess if you know the exact carb count thats better though...i'm still learing to!..lol.this is how we learn!..i'll shut up now!,,

[mission to lose]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

i still have the 1999 book but on page125 in small print it says " count one ounce of cheese as equivalent to one gram carb"..heck i guess if you know the exact carb count thats better though...i'm still learing to!..lol.this is how we learn!..i'll shut up now!,,

Ah, OK, I see what that is all about. He was rounding up a bit, and just making it easier to count carbs if you are not using a program like Fitday.com. The carb count in the back of the book is also .8 c for 2 Tablespoons (which = 1 oz).

Anyway, I agree with you about the carb count for the pumpkin cheesecake.
Even after subtracting the fiber from the total pumpkin carbs, it is probably at least 2 = per slice, if divided into 16 servings. And a LOT of carbs come from the .5 c of Splenda. I believe 1/2 c = 24 tsp. And the spices have carbs as well.

[stephjill]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

well i guess i'm off to fitday.com ..i had an account there b4 i guess its time for me to go there again!..especially since the book says 1/2 a cup pumpkin has 6.3 (digestible)carbs while my can of pumpkin has 8 (after i minus the 3g of dietary fiber)..
like i said i'm still trying to get it all straight cause nothing is more frustrating than cheating on accident!

[mission to lose]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

well i guess i'm off to fitday.com ..i had an account there b4 i guess its time for me to go there again!..especially since the book says 1/2 a cup pumpkin has 6.3 (digestible)carbs while my can of pumpkin has 8 (after i minus the 3g of dietary fiber)..
like i said i'm still trying to get it all straight cause nothing is more frustrating than cheating on accident!

Did you buy Libby's?
Is it pumpkin pie filling or 100% pure pumpkin?

[stephjill]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

100% the only ingredient is pumpkin..its store brand..mmm its so good to..lol..i just learned you can have pumpkin!( i just found my book yesterday..)

[mission to lose]

Re: pumpkin cheese cake can anyone help?

That's good, because the pie filling and the pure pumpkin look alike. (Libby's) I grabbed a few cans a few months ago, and ended up with 1 that was the pie filling, it was mixed in with the 100% pure, and I didn't notice!