I don’t know what it is – there has been sour cream available on an almost continual basis all year, but the minute I need to make a cheesecake, it all disappears!! That’s Cairo for you. I went to three different grocery stores this morning with no luck. There are a few more places I could try but with tennis lessons, soccer games, and two birthday parties on schedule for the weekend – in addition to the man’s birthday – I just don’t have the time to look anywhere else. There is a swanky bakery in the neighborhood that has NY style cheesecake to die for, but it’s $$$ and way bigger than we need to have around the house. So I’m falling back on plan B.
Homemade strawberry sorbet and brownies. Not such a big sacrifice really!
I went to Curves yesterday and did my water aerobics this morning so I’m taking the weekend off. I probably won’t be able to move anyway!
Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow when N.D. Hansen-Hill will be here with an excerpt of her fantasy book The Hollowing. Norah is a prolific writer and has a huge backlist so if you like her writing, you’re really in luck!
I think I have a cheesecake recipe that doesn’t require sour cream. Let me know if you want it.
Or, I could FedEx you a cheesecake from my local NY bakery.
Scrumptious! and really reasonable sized and priced.
by Elissa October 9th, 2008 at 7:22 amElissa – I’d love to look at that recipe if you’ve got it handy
Somehow I think that Fed Ex charges would negate the reasonable price of your local bakery cheesecake or I’d take you up on it!
by Jenyfer October 9th, 2008 at 7:35 amI have one simple cheesecake recipe that uses cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk and an egg, vanilla, etc. It is not awful with a topping such as cherries or blueberries.
by Sandy October 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pm