Share This: Baking for the Belmont? Make this easy cheesecake with home cooking by Horseradish! This recipe is to cheesecake as Secretariat is to the Belmont Stakes, real fast!
Are you planning on doing a little baking for the Belmont? Check out Chef Horseradish’s home cooking to find the race recipe that is right for you. This weekend’s big races are at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY. When Horseradish thinks of New York, he thinks of Thoroughbred racing and cheesecake. He also thinks he needs his time for handicapping and his money for wagering. Horseradish has his spin on the classic desert that will leave you with time and money.
Horseradish gathers the ingredients for the cheesy part of his creamy desert. Graham cracker crust, cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla extract and sweetened condensed milk.
Cheesecake dates back to ancient Greece. The Belmont Stakes dates back to 1867. Just as many variations of the recipe exist as do picking the winning trifecta. The debate over whether it is in fact a cake or a pie are nearly as heated as those between Triple Crown enthusiast versus Justify’s naysayers. New York cheesecake commonly, but not always, has a graham cracker crust, and a dense and baked layer made of eggs and any combination of sour cream, ricotta or cream cheese. It can take hours and skill plus pricey ingredients and plenty of heat to bake it up. My New Jersey grandmother had an easier way I obtained from her recipes, though it is oddly similar to a brand name condensed milk company’s recipe. Good one, Grandmom!
Just like the tractors prepare the dirt surface of the track for each race, Horseradish prepares his pre-made graham cracker crust with lots of holes.The weather is really heating up at Belmont Park, in NY. With a current forecast of 80 degrees and only a 20% chance of rain, this might be the first non sloppy track of the Triple Crown series. Horseradish heats it up for just 6 minutes at 375 degrees to finish off his crust.Not a fast as Secretariat’s Belmont Stakes record of 2:24, Horseradish makes quick work of baking his crust in 6:00 and there is no more cooking to be done.Beat one 8 ounce brick of softened cream cheese until it is fluffy. Not quite as fluffy as Horseradish’s tail but give it a good beating.Let it rain milk and honey! The ancients were all about that expression and that is what they used in their cheesecake. This is the only kind of rain Horseradish wants for the Belmont Stakes. No more sloppy tracks! He uses one 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk instead to add to the cream cheese.Don’t be sour if your pick doesn’t win the Belmont Stakes. The 150th edition should be a great time for all of the contenders, connections and fans alike. Horseradish pours out 1/3 cup of lemon juice to add to the cheesy mixture.The Belmont Stakes is always a bit sweeter when there is a Triple Crown up for grabs. Horseradish adds a teaspoon of vanilla extract to his cheesy filling and gives it all a good and smooth beating.Start spreading the news cheese! Horseradish belts out “The Theme to New York, New York” as he spreads his cheesy mixture evenly into the cooled crust. This is the pre-race song at Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes.It is time to chill out and do some handicapping with Horseradish. 4 hours of chill time to pick out our trifecta and set up this desert.No, Horseradish, no! First he channels Frank Sinatra and now Warrant! He blew out his mane with superhold hairspray while wearing a halter top and daisy dukes singing “she’s my cherry pie!” Choose your favorite 15 ounce can of fruit filling or topping. Horseradish went with cherry.This recipe is not a pain in the can and you can do this too, just spread 1 can of topping over the cheesecake and it’s ready to eat!
Cherry Cheesecake
Ingredients:
One 6 ounce graham cracker pie crust
One 8 ounce brick of cream cheese
One 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup of lemon juice
One teaspoon of vanilla extract
One 15 ounce can of cherry filling or topping
Instructions:
Poke holes in the pre-made crust with a fork
Bake the crust in a preheated oven of 365 degrees for 6 minutes
Cool the crust on the counter
In a large bowl beat 1 brick of cream cheese
Add into the bowl and beat in the sweetened condensed milk
Add into the bowl and beat in lemon juice
Add into the bowl and beat in vanilla extract
Pour the mix from the bowl into the cooled crust
Put the crust with the mixture into the refrigerator for up to 4 hours or until set
Top it off with the can of fruit filling that has also been in the refrigerator
Eat it, nom, nom!
Please, enjoy Horseradish’s cheap and easy spin on cheesecake for the Belmont Stakes. Read my more serious posts on the Acorn Stakes and Belmont Stakes too. Have a great weekend and may all your Triple Crown dreams come true!
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There’s my buddy ! I see he had a friend in the first pic 😂 thanks for the recipe sounds yummy ! Go Justify!
There’s my buddy ! I see he had a friend in the first pic 😂 thanks for the recipe sounds yummy ! Go Justify!