Upon finding out that I too owned and loved the Cake Book by Tish Boyle, the fabulous Cream Puff asked me if I would join her, as well as Mary of Alpineberry and Kate of Pie in the Sky, in making the same item from the book. I loved this idea since I always love to see how different people interpret the same recipe. The "cake" that was chosen was the Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake with Ginger-Pecan Crust. Oh sure I have already posted about two other pumpkin cheesecakes...but one more wont kill me...right? :) I only made a 1/2 batch and if you do that you want to make sure to use 2 eggs plus one yolk, everything else can be halfed down the middle. If you are making the half batch it makes for two mini cheesecakes plus a little left over that you could probably throw in a muffin pan if you really wanted to. I have to say that the title does not lie, this was indeed a very creamy cheesecake and quite tasty(though it could just be the diet talking.....nah). The original recipe calls for … [Read more...]