Cheesecakes Like No Other..... Don't Settle For Ordinary!
Blazing Black Currant Cheesecake w/Sweet Sour Cream & White Chocolate Glacé and Black Currant Reduction

Sweetopia® is on a mission to create a line of cheesecakes. Not just any old cheesecake or the typical ones you see in the marketplace today, but ones that are like no others, from the crust to the tippity top. Ones that excite your interest and titillate your taste buds with flavor! Yes, it’s possible to do that and it be gluten-free but you have to work at it and work at it, I do so that you the customer can truly know and experience the difference between ordinary and never ordinary. It starts with the taste difference in my vanilla shortbread cookie crust. I know it’s basic but what a world of difference it makes when you combine all of the other ingredients and layers. Take the basic graham cracker (named after its inventor, Sylvester Graham); it’s flat tasting unless you smear something on it or add it to something else. It’s made with graham flour that is basically coarsely stone ground whole wheat and lends very little to the palate when used as a base for the cheesecake. Yes, I am critical because I believe every aspect of the cheesecake should yield distinct yet complimenting flavors that excite and please the palate. Graham crackers, besides being a manufactured product (glutened or not), do not cut it for Sweetopia®. What is it they say about pizza? Yes, it’s basically crust and sauce w/ancillary toppings but oh so important is the crust. It’s the difference between a really good pizza and a mediocre one. So it is true with the crust of a cheesecake.
The next in line of my cheesecake creations has rolled off the assembly table (#9) and it’s my Blazing Black Currant Cheesecake! These tiny little gems are native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia where they thrive on the damp climate. They contain loads of antioxidants and pack a massive amount of vitamin C, iron, calcium, potassium, and more. Who would know these little jewels can soothe a sore throat, ease flu symptoms and even aid in strengthening your immune system. Black currants, are also popular in the cordials such as Ribena (quite good) and also in the French liquor known as cassis. At first sight one may think they resemble those berries on the trees that the birds love to eat and set out on bombing missions for the freshly laundered sheets hanging on the back yard clothes lines that will never be the same (that brings back memories). You see why I have gone totally “fruity” over these creations and introducing fresh fruit purees in my anything but ordinary cheesecakes.
This one is yet another work of art and a 4 to 5 step process that takes time for each step, always using nothing but the best of ingredients. Each distinct flavor and layer that comprises the unique cheesecake creation is tasted and experienced, from the crunchy sweet shortbread crust to the dash of heavenly black currant reduction. As my tag indicates – never anything artificial – always gluten-free & nut-free. Next comes the sweet vanilla and creamy Neufchatel (creamier and lighter cheese than the standard cream cheese that is most-often used) cheesecake layer. And, atop that is a layer of pure black currant puree, slightly sweetened. It’s topped with my sweet sour cream and white chocolate glacé that is slightly sweet and ever-so creamy.
So…what do you get when you combine the sweet cookie crunch, the creaminess of the cheesecake and the delicate and smooth black currant fruit bar center that is topped with the sweetened sour cream and white chocolate glacé and intensely flavored black currant reduction? One blazing cheesecake that is bursting with flavors each coming across the palate and blending ever so smoothly. My hubby and I have tried them all and each time we try the newest creation, we walk away and say” it’s a draw on which one is the best”. Take a fork full of this and you'll never go back to ordinary. Now, tell me, have you ever heard of a black currant cheesecake or tasted one? You're in for a real treat. Again, all natural, from scratch, gluten-free, nut-free, dye-free, preservative-free sweets crafted by hand in small batches! It’s divine!





