Blueberry Cheesecake Coffee Cake

Craving for cheesecake? Lazy to go out to buy cake? There is always a solution. Here is recipe from KITCHENSIMPLYCITY for you to try and to relieve you from your craving. Enjoy guys!

BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE COFFEE CAKE 

Coffee Cake

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk

Cheesecake Topping

• 8 oz. (250g) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups blueberries

Streusel Topping

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

For the Coffee Cake: Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk, starting and ending with flour. Mix just until incorporated. Spread evenly into a greased 9 inch cake pan (a springform pan works best for easy removal).

For the  Cheesecake Topping: Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar until incorporated. Add vanilla and egg. Beat just until blended. Spread on top of coffee cake layer. Sprinkle with blueberries.

For the Streusel Topping: Mix together sugar, flour and cinnamon. Using your hands, incorporate the butter until the mixture clumps together easily (the butter should be mixed in with no visible lumps). Sprinkle on top of blueberries.

Bake at 350ºF for 45-55 min. or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before serving.

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Vanilla Bean Rice Pudding

Food, food, food. What else we can say, everybody love foods. Especially when it come to simple recipe but taste good. Here I just want to share with you a recipe that I adapted from KITCHENSIMPLYCITY and I just loved all the recipe that she posted in her website. Enjoy guys! 

VANILLA BEAN RICE PUDDING

Ingredients
1 cup arborio rice (or other short grain rice)
3 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, split open and seeded
1/2 cup sugar

Place rice in a medium-sized saucepan, cover with cold water. Bring just to a boil then strain in a fine mesh sieve, rinsing with cold water (this is to remove some of the starch). Place drained rice back in the saucepan along with milk, cream, vanilla bean and seeds. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in sugar and simmer an additional 5 minutes or until rice is cooked and mixture is thick and creamy (it will thicken more as it cools). Let cool slightly and serve warm or refrigerate and serve cold with a bit of milk stirred in to loosen the consistency.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!

Hello guys,
We have entered another new year and I'm getting old. Hahahaha, well as usual every new year, we need to have our own new resolution. So, what is your resolution for this year? My resolution is to loss weight, traveling, earn more money and get my own house. It is not easy but God said "Nothing is Impossible". Life is still the same, not much change beside getting fat. Recently I start baking and now I'm starting to learn sewing. But is not easy thou. Last week I baked Chocolate Cheese Cake, but taste not that good leh. Tomorrow I going to try bake Durian Cake because my father in-law's birthday is coming, so hubby asked me to bake 1 for his dad. Well, is not easy but I will try to do it. Wish me luck and will upload the photo on Monday ya..Chiao!