Why do most of the recipes for cheesecake call for sour cream? Huh???

It makes it creamier and less dense than one made exclusively with cream cheese (and eggs and sweetener of course!)

The ones without the sour cream are a bit drier. My DH LOVES that kind. I'm more a fan of the creamier types myself! But we BOTH like the sour cream-topped cakes......

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

Cognoman,

That's usually for the topping, that you put on in the last minutes of cooking.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> I'm more a fan of the creamier types myself! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You and me both, Char. I like my mock danish the way you do it, too. Cook & stir, then once more - a little soft in the middle!

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

Yep, Mag, once again, we prove that we are identical twins of different mothers! LOL!

And a lot of the recipes I've read DO have sour cream IN the cheesecake as well as on top - I like it best that way. So let's make one tonight, huh? C'mon over!

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

LOL, Char.

If I weren't so far away and so dang tired at the moment, I'd hop in my road rocket and stop by!

Someday we'll have a LCE convention. Then we can join forces and 'speriment together.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

Oh, dear - I will make sure my kitchen insurance is paid up. Maybe life insurance kicked up a notch too!

Wouldn't that be a BLAST though!! Man I'd love it!

Dreamin' of the 'sperimental kitchen where Maggie and Char wave their magic spatulas........

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

"and pour on the magic Splenda syrups!!!"

Connie

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> I will make sure my kitchen insurance is paid up. Maybe life insurance kicked up a notch too! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Boy, you're right there! LOL! Judging from Rob's Kitchen Disaster thread, we could do a serious job in a kitchen if operating at the same time! (Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory comes to mind. )

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

Maggie that is so funny - on "my" carb board (Carb Corner on ezboards) one of my cohorts and I are known affectionately (I think!) as "Lucy and Ethel" - I'm Ethel!

I'm sure we could do justice to ANY kitchen, provided it has a hose-down floor..........

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

...hose down floor...

You guys are crackin' me up.

That's no joke, Marcie! I was once in a private home (very expensive one natch) and the lady of the house had the kitchen floor designed in tile with a drain in the center and instant hot water spigots at floor level! What a way to wash the floors - I could like that....

Now if only the walls and ceiling would self-wash too...hey, a girl can dream, can't she?

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

You're all too much! Now if you had said automatic hose down walls.......
I like John Deneirre cheesecake straight from the factory in Sante Fe Springs, Ca., now if we could only get them to do a low carb version
Kim

Hey, it COULD happen, Kim - I mean, we've got low-carb Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, low carb Ruby Tuesday and TGIF, low-carb Tostitos and Doritos being released - I think CHEESECAKE is a natural progression!!

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!