Cranberry Cheesecake

Planning to do a cake for jiejie's birthday and father's day celebration..since she likes cheecake, i took the courage to try new recipe...took out Alex Goh's book and saw this recipe which seems to be interesting..so gave it a try...Alex rated the complexity of this cake as difficult..erm..i think i've partially succeeded...need to improve further though..

I halved the recipe and used yoghurt instead of sour cream...

Ingredients:
(A)
Cream Cheese 250g
Sugar 60g
Butter 25g


(B)
Orange Zest from 1 Orange
Orange Juice 1 tbsp
Corn Flour 18g
Plain Flour 18g

(C)
Yolks 2

(D)
Plain Yoghurt 63g (you can use sour cream as mentioned in recipe book)

(E)
Whites 2
Sugar 35g

(F) pre-soak the berries in juice for an hour
Dried Cranberries 75g (cut smaller pieces)
Orange Juice 40g

Method:

1. Grease and line tin. I used 7" removable base tin. (I think can use 5") Wrap the outside of the pan with aluminium foil.
2. Cream (A) until light. Add (B) and cream till smooth.
3. Add (C) one at a time, cream till well blended in eaach addition. Add (D) and mix till well combined. Set aside.
4. Whip (E) till soft peak. Make sure utensils are dry and clean before whipping.
5. Add whites to cheese batter and mix till well incorporated. Add in (F), mix till well combined.
6. Pour batter to lined tin. Bake in water bath at preheated oven at 160'C for 50 minutes.
7. Remove cake from pan and set aside to cool. Keep refrigerated overnight.

Recipe from Alex Goh's Baking Craft Series 1010 : Fabulous Cake Business