Cheesecake in a jar

Hellooo and good morning to ya all .
Ive been a busy bee this morning ,did some cleaning and baked these jummy cheesecakes in a jar ,omg if this isnt the most wonderful idea ive ever see i dont know my own name .

This can be something you have in a birthday party or when you have a garden party ,take to the beach or just a romantic picnic with the one you love .

cause you just put the lid on and youre ready to go to the beach ,how neat is that .

and i will for sure make more of these ,it has  strawberry curd and its so jummy and fresh strawberry´s ,blueberry´s and the litle red berry i cant remember the name of and some mint for garnish .ribbon and my wonderful spoons .

Dont you just love that red color ,its just so pretty .

Blackberry Curd Cheesecake in a Jar
 
cheesecake from The Good Housekeeping Book of Illustrated Desserts and blackberry curd from Renaissance Culinaire

crust
2 cups (250g) graham cracker crumbs
6 tbsps (85g) sugar
6 tbsps butter, melted

cheesecake
40 oz. (1.15kg) cream cheese, softened
14 oz. (400g) sugar (I’d reduce this to 12 ounces next time)
5 large eggs
2 oz. (60 ml) milk
3 tbsps all-purpose flour
2 large egg yolks
1 lemon, grated peel of

blackberry curd
2-4 cups blackberries, fresh or thawed (I used 4 cups)
1/2 cup water
1 tsp orange zest
1 cup sugar
2 oz. butter
4 tbsps cornstarch
4 tbsps cold water (originally 2 tbsps, but was impossible to mix)

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Have approximately 12 8-ounce jars clean and dry at the ready. You don’t need the lids (unless you want to seal them for transport). Boil a pot of water.

Crust: Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter together. Press enough crust into the bottom of each jar about a half-inch thick (it really depends on how big your jars are).

Cheesecake: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth and slowly beat in the sugar. Scrape the sides down periodically to avoid any cream cheese lumps. Beat in the eggs, milk, flour, egg yolks, and the lemon peel. Continue beating until uniform and smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary. Pour the batter into each jar about 2-3 inches deep. Tap the base of the jars on a counter or table to get the air bubbles out of the batter. Place the jars in a roasting pan and carefully pour the boiling water into the pan avoiding getting any water into the cheesecake jars. The water should come up to an inch below the shortest jar. Place in oven and reduce heat to 300°F. Bake 30 minutes then turn off the oven and let the cheesecakes sit in the oven for another 20 minutes. Centers should be jiggly while the edges should be slightly firm. Remove from oven, remove from water bath and let cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Blackberry curd: Place the blackberries, water, and orange zest in a pan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes. Press the mixture through a food mill or you can purée the berry mixture in a food processor and press through a sieve. Pour the berry liquid back into the saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 1 cup sugar and 2 ounces butter. Mix the cornstarch and water together in a small bowl. While whisking the berry mixture, pour the cornstarch into the pan. Stir until thick and bubbly and stir for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Pour the contents into a bowl or vessel and cover with plastic wrap. Let cool.

Top each cheesecake with blackberry curd and garnish as desired. 
http://userealbutter.com/2011/04/25/blackberry-curd-cheesecake-in-a-jar-recipe/

i used strawberry´s cause that was so cheap in the store today :)
are you getting tierd of these pic´s ? well im not i just love this red and green tog so im gona post a few more just for fun .

the last one ,you really should try these they are fun to make and taste good and im sure eveyone would love to sit on a blankie and eat pretty cakes like this .

Take care and enjoy the colors out there

Monday

Its a new week how time fly´s ,its been nine months since i moved here to Norway on the 5th of May
it seems a long time but its not .

Iceland will always be home no matter how much i like Norway ,i dont think about how long we will live here better to just stay in the moment and now worrie about what will happen in the future .
Me and my litle guy baked some bread buns with cottage cheese in and wow they are really soft just perfect ,sure the girls will love to get new bread when they come home from school .
you can find the recipe here but its in icelandic
http://www.ms.is/uppskriftir/bakstur/Kotasaelubollur/item.aspx

need help with it just ask :)

i just found this tree in my garden and it has the most beautiful flowers ,it seems as its been grafted to another tree .

we had wonderful weekend ,the weather has been just awesome :) im really loving it here ,we had lunch in the garden yesterday and then we took the kids to the carnival again ,just for a few rides .
then i got a haircut ,so happy with my hair now .

enjoy youre day

Garden picnik

Saturday and wonderful weather so what to do ? bake some after eight brownie and have a litle garden picnik with the kids.

Hubby gave me this cute litle/big cup and a plate to go with it ,he is so good to me :)
i also got some new spoons (can i love the any more ) this one says best friends

watermelons ,cupcakes with cream ,strawberry juice  and some fresh strawberry´s

the white box you see there under the cakes is a home made flower box i painted white

ok i dont really have time to blogg so im off ,cause i have a date to night with hubby and im gona enjoy the sun in the garden so have a wonderful weekend .

LOVE
Valeria

Miss cupcake

Hi and good morning to ya
ive been enjoying the great weather here in Norway ,sunny and so nice to sit out side with my coffee ,i did try to crochet yesterday just to find out that my hand is not ready for that ,my fingers are still very sore from the exident so i had to lay my hook down for the day .

You can still vote for my cupcake in the MISS CUPCAKE competion ,klikk on the MISS CUPCAKE link and press gilla and i have you vote
thanks so much

Preikestolen

Hubby and me planned to hike up to the Preikestolen ,so we packed out litle backpack ,sandwich and lots to drink .So off we whent ,we where both very exited to go (left the kids home with the big girls)
its a very beautiful way to drive big mountains and trees grow all the way to the top .
The walk to is very steep in places and very rocky so it was a hard walk in some places and the hike
takes 1-3 hours depending on experience and fitness level.it took us 2 hours and we stopped and took pic´s and the you cant not stopp and look at the view on the way up.

this pic is taken over the parkingspace
We had such great weather not to hot but sunny ,so it was very nice to hike in that weather ,the only thing i was not happy with was the fog/mist or it was like there was white smoke in the air ,so that kinda blocked the view.

you can see the white mist in the air

here is how some of the path is ,but this one is a good one haha not so hard hiking up that one

but here we have more difficulty thats more how the way up is like ,i saw one girl how had hurt her legg and they had to go back down so you better be careful whe you hike these paths.

There are litle lakes on the way up and this one was still bit frozen and we saw snow in some places :) reminded me of home .

ok after 2 hours we where finally there :) i was really tierd but we had to explore the rock a bit before we sat down and had out litle lunch ,there was alot of peoble there ,and peoble with kids (not something i would do ) and so many dogs to .

I did it .now i can do anything haha thats how i felt

Thats me laying there on the edge (not sure what my mom is gona say when she sees these pic´s)
it was a really really relly long way down,before we whent up we had both said hell no im not gona sit or lay on the edge thats just crazy peoble that do that ,but when i got up there ,i dint even think about not doing it ,after hiking for  2 hours you just have to take that look down .

im not saying i wasnt ´s sceard i was to beging with ,i had to crawl to the edge hehe but i did it and now im sure i can do almost anything .

Like i said i whant to go again and then i hope the mist or what ever it was isnt there ,its not so easy to get good pic´s in these conditions but that hike was so worth it ,and im still kinda sore after all that hike but it was a GOOD workout .

and thats something i would never in the world think i would do ,sit on that edge is really sceary but i did it ;) hehe .

and thats how far down it is ,its awsome dont you think .
and we have already planned the next hike ....... we are gona hike up to the Kjeragbolten
and thats even harder to hike .
Hiking Valeria.

Easter cupcake part 2

I did so many easter cupcakes so im posting them i 2 parts.

These are vanilla cupc with a litle lemmon in them ,and the icing is crisco (thats how i get the icing so white )
recipe for really white icing
1 cup crisco
3 table spoons or more if you need warm water
1 tsp clear vanilla extract (it has to be clear )
7 to 8 cups sifted confectioners' suga

combine crisco, water and vanilla in a mixer and mix well tog
then you start to add the sugar ,not all at the time ,if you think you dont need all the sugar then dont add it all at once ,i used 7 cups and added a litle more water so i would start with 5 to 6 cups and add more if you think you need it
and thats how you get really white icing

we had so much fun yesterday when whent for a walk in the woods looking for the bunny´s dint see any but found lots of birds and ants :/
i also found a huge cherry blossom tree ,and my daughter found this litle branch that somebody had taken of the tree and left it on a table ,so we took it home and are hoping to grow it but i need some help ,do i put it water and wait for litle roots and plant it in a pot then or what so if you know how to do that please tell me so i can give this litle branch its life back .

well today im doing something really fun and its only for grown ups so im leaving the kids with the oldest girls cause me and hubby are going to walk up to the  Preikestolen ,its a really hight place with this awesome view so my camera is going with us and im packing some lunch and my sneakers :) im so exited .so you will hopefully see some fun pic´s later .

so how do you like my version of easter cupcakes ? my brother said they should not be eaten hehe ,but they taste to good to just look at them and i can always make more .

can you tell that i love these cherry tree´s ? hehe im just in love with them
see ya leter i have to get ready for the long walk .
Valeria

Happy easter

Happy easter to all of my readers

.Baked some easter cupcakes ,im not done decorating them yet ,this is just a sample :)
i still have some more flowers to use and some other stuff and i will show you that later ,im waiting for the fondant to dry a litle more

now im gona go and take a litle trip to see the easter bunny with my kids ,where gona go and look for the bunny in the woods so take care and have a good day .