America's Test Kitchen - Season 7 Episode 26 Lighter Cheesecake
Join us as we uncover the secrets to low-fat desserts that you'll really want to eat.
While a crisp apple or bowl of juicy berries makes an admirable end to a meal, there’s an allure to baked desserts that is hard to resist. But many desserts carry a lot of fat and calories; for most of us, they should be more the occasional indulgence than regular weeknight fare. We wanted to come up with recipes for two classic desserts, carrot cake and cheesecake, that would make them both light enough and good enough to enjoy most any day of the week. Many light carrot cakes look like the real thing, but one bite quickly dispels the notion. Not only dry but also heavy and dense, these cakes may be "light" when it comes to fat and calories but not when it come to texture. We wanted tender cake, sweet and lightly spiced. And we wanted our cake to be slathered in a thick, creamy frosting. The recipes we tested for light cheesecake were no better than the carrot cakes — in fact, they were worse. Most were plagued by a rubbery texture and pasty, Spackle-like consistency. And in place of the lightly sweetened, tangy flavor of a full-fat cheesecake, these lightened cakes were tinged with off, artificial flavors. We would have to do some serious testing to come up with a lightened cheesecake that would pass muster among tasters.
Recipes:
Light Carrot Cake
Light Cream Cheese Frosting
Light New York Cheesecake
Light Fresh Strawberry Topping
Tasting Lab: Coffee--Tasting Supermarket Whole Bean Coffee
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director:
Cast: Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster
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First Air Date: Aug 04, 2001
Last Air date: Nov 09, 2024
Season: 25 Season
Episode: 638 Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 9.00 users
Popularity: 20.451
Language: English
Keyword : cooking show
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