Berry Bliss Cheesecake!!!

If you find delight in mixed berry goodness over cheesecake then you will

 LOVE

this Berry Bliss Cheesecake!!!

All made in the incredible Instant Pot. So delicious.

Recipe found here at This Old Gal.

For the topping I used about 1.5 cups of Wyman's frozen Mixed Berry's...

Get a 1/4 cup of sugar and mix them with the berries and pour over the cheesecake.

Enjoy!

The Cheesecake Post!

I really wanted to make something extra special for my hubby's birthday!

His favorite is oreo anything so of course I had to make an Oreo Cheesecake.

You can't live in Japan and not love Pocky! Well at least that's how it is for the Fish Fam. So I was excited to make a Strawberry Pocky Cheesecake! Let me tell you these Okinawan strawberries are out of this world delicious. The Pocky is a pretzel stick dipped in a chocolate or yogurt of all sorts! Japanese love coming up with all kinds of flavors. I'm sure you can find them around in the States at your local Asian Grocery Store.

For you gingerbread lovers I think you'll love Martha Stewarts Holiday Gingerbread Cheesecake. Smells divine.

Check them out in the individual posts...

Strawberry Pocky Cheesecake

This Old Gal's New York Cheesecake is a classic and I was so excited to pair it with delicious Okinawa strawberries and oh so good Japanese Pocky. Yum Yum. 

I love love how it turned out! So beautiful.

I'm not lying when I say that these strawberries gown here in Okinawa are some of the best that I've ever had. They are the perfect sweetness, tenderness, and texture. They melt in your mouth and all you can say is wow! Not kidding.

All you have to do to get some is come to Okinawa, Japan! Ha!

When you eat out and buy cheesecake it can be pretty expensive for a slice. That's not the case when you make it yourself! I will say these strawberries made this the most expensive cheesecake of the three I made! Strawberries are in season right now and depending on where you buy them you pay $5-7 for the small pack above. The way Japanese grow and take pride in their fruits and veggies is awesome. They pick the best of the best and package it so nice and neat! Which end up being more expensive, but you look at it and want to buy it because it looks so lovely and good! Well, that's how it is for me anyways. Lol!

If you live in the States you can most likely find Pocky at your local Asian Grocery store. So go out and buy some and make that cheesecake!

Yum :)

Holiday Gingerbread Cheesecake

This is Martha Stewarts Holiday Gingerbread Cheesecake!

It holiday spices smell oh so good.

For my little 6" springform pan I had to cut her recipe in half and then into the Instant pot it went.

I found these perfect little gingerbread cookies at the grocery store. I did want top it with some whipped creme, but forgot to buy it. Nonetheless, it turned out and (hopefully) tasted great! I've passed it out to friends and they all say how delicious it is.

Enjoy :)

Cookies & Cream Cheesecake!

This Old Gal has the best pressure cooker cheesecake recipes. So of course I had to make my husband her Cookies N Crème Cheesecake!!

I've only made cheesecake in my Instant Pot and I'll tell you it's actually really easy! But you do have to  follow the directions closely for it to turn out right. Then before you know it in an instant you've got a beautiful cheesecake! 

Cooking time from when it's in the pot and I push the start button to when it's done cooking and I let the natural release pressure go for 15mins this cheesecake is done in an hour! After cooking you do have to let the cheesecake set up overnight in the refrigerator for at least 8 hrs. but longer is more ideal like 12hrs.

The next day pull it out of the springform pan and give a big shout out to yourself...you just made a beautiful cheesecake! YAY. 

Top it off with yummy Oreo's.

 Then take a step back to admire it!

Make sure to take some pictures :)

Enjoy!

Pressure Cooker New York Cheesecake!!

So. Cheesecake. Who doesn't love it?!

I would have never made cheesecake had I not joined an Instant Pot group on Facebook. Lots of people make all kinds of different cheesecakes in this pressure cooker and I just had to try it!

I used This Old Gal's New York Cheesecake recipe! So try it out. If all goes well and you don't end up over mixing the eggs everything will cook and set up just right and I'm super happy that mine came out!...

 The true test is if people like it. We had some friends over for dinner, so they got to decide! And they loved it. Them and my Fish Fam said over and over how good it was. Whew! Then my husband took the last of it to a family he went to visit after dinner. He came back saying how much they loved it and couldn't stop saying how good it was. I was glad to hear that because you all know cheesecake isn't something on my menu, so I didn't know how it tasted! It's definitely something my food intolerances will not tolerate. Too bad so sad! But honestly after seeing all the dairy and sugar that went into this thing, I'm not sure I could eat it even if I could eat it! Lol!! I'll stick to my raw paleo cheezcakes! 

If you want to make cheesecake in this pressure cooker you need to have a few specific things...

This 6in cheesecake pan that will fit into the pressure cooker. I bought this recommend springform pan at amazon... https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Daddios-Anodized-Aluminum-Springform/dp/B001VEI05G/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1478696303&sr=1-3&keywords=fat+daddios+6+inch+cake+pans

 The pan needs to be on top of a trivet... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3CXWW6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1SJABPS7VUUEM or this steamer is also recommended because it has these handles so you can pull out the cheesecake...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2KD8IY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. These two things are needed so the pan isn't submerged into the water.

*The green steamer is nice to use for making hard boiled eggs and I've used it for making banana bread and this cheesecake in the spring form pan, but because it's silicone and the springform pan fills the pot pretty good and us heavy from the bread or cheesecake the silicone rubs on the sides and makes it harder to pull it out. So I will try the trivet and her hand made foil sling next time!

Follow her directions closely and you're good to go!

Enjoy!!