Apartment Finder: Easy Cheesecake Recipe

Sunday 25 November 2012

Easy Cheesecake Recipe

Cheesecake is one of those things, like Danish pastries, or truffles, whose attractions have long been a mystery to me. While I don't actively dislike it, I can always think of a more enjoyable way to deploy its considerable calorie load. Until recently, I could never put my finger on the root of my aversion – after all, I love cake, and I love cheese, and, if we're talking I even like them together – until Paul Daniels came up in conversation (no, I'm not sure, either).Instantly I was transported back to the mid-80s, me sitting cross-legged on the floor, watching a bald man work his magic on a portable telly with a bowl on my lap, and wondering why my mum had billed this particular pudding as a treat. After all these years, I'm finally brave enough to say it: Sara Lee nearly put me off cheesecake for life. Fortunately, this column came along to save me. Abracadabra, as our Paul would say.