Morgan, do you share your orange ganache recipe?  Sounds delicious!

As to cheesecakes.  My husband was watching Alton Brown's Good Eats show when he was making his cheesecake.  He wanted me to get the recipe and try it.  I did...and ever since, my entire family will ONLY eat cheesecake if it's his recipe!  His says to let it sit in the turned off oven after baking for an hour, then refrigerate overnight.  It is a very, very good cheesecake that has cream cheese and sour cream in it.  You can put any kind of topping on it you want, but my family prefers it plain.

ASure! I will post it tonight on the thread

I'll be looking for it.  Thanks!

ANow I must try both!!

Here it is: This makes about 2 pounds. 

8 fl. oz Heavy cream

6 fl. oz milk

2 oz glucose or corn syrup

2 oz unsalted butter

14 oz milk chocolate

2 oz bittersweet chocolate 

2-3 drops of Orange oil 

You make it the same way you make any ganache. add the butter and corn syrup to the milk/cream mixture after it has come to a boil. 

Thank you!  Sounds so good!  Definitely gotta give this a try!

AHahaha!! It is very popular!!!

If anyone wants to try a great crust for their cheesecake use the Biscoff cookies. I make it the same as graham cracker crusts.  I love those cookies and they make a great crust or try Ginger Snap cookies.  Yummy!!!

Oh delicious suggestions Cakegrandma.  I've used Oreo cookies, vanilla Oreo cookies, and Nilla Wafers. 

For the next experiment with cheesecake; how about the brownie/cheesecake bars! Two of the most wonderful things put together.

Has anyone tried this yet?

I bake my cheese cakes in a regular 10" x 3" inch round layer pan.  I spray the bottom and line with parchment, then lightly spray the sides, then run my finger around the side just leaving a very thin layer of spray.

I bake my cheesecake, cool to room temp, then wrap pan and all wit plastic wrap and chill overnight.  

To unmold, I warm the bottom of the pan over a burner on low and shake gently until the cake feels loose.  I cover a board with plastic wrap, unmold the cheesecake, then invert it right side up on a cardboard round.

When you invert them right side up, are the tops of the cheesecake ok, or are they slightly damaged?  I would think they would be slightly damaged.

Nope, no damage at all.  The plastic wrap does not stick to the cheesecake.