Monday, August 19, 2013

Cheesecake squares


I have been on a cooking hiatus, thanks to my mom being here and cooking all the yummy Indian food! But, I have baked a bit and last night, I was inspired by this recipe to make cheesecake squares. I changed it up a bit, because I had a a little less than a lb of sugar but when I measured it, it was about 2 cups whereas the recipe said 4. I stuck with what I had and trust me, it was sweet enough.

What I had:
  • box of lemon cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted in microwave
  • 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 13.5 oz confectioner's sugar
  • Optional: white chocolate baking chips and flaked coconut
 What I did:
  • Mixed the cake mix, 1 egg and butter together till it formed a dough. Patted it down in a greased 9X13 glass baking pan.
  • Sprinkled the coconut and white chocolate chips over the dough.
  •  Mixed cream cheese, sugar and remaining eggs with a hand mixer. Poured it over the dough/coconut/chips and spread evenly.
  • Baked at 300 degrees for an hour.
  • Let it cool for 15 minutes before cutting into squares.
It didn't look pretty when it came out, but it sure was yummy. By this morning, there was only a half of the pan left!