Cheesecake with a Bite

Lime-Orange Cheesecake

These small bite size cheesecakes are perfect for parties. It may seem strange making a green and orange cheesecake but they are delicious. Don't be afraid to try this recipe. The best part is they are bite size so you don't need to add on a lot of calories to enjoy them.

Prep Time 30 min
Bake Time 30 min
Serves 20 cheesecakes (muffin tin size)

Ingredients

Base
1/2 box of Butter Cake mix
1/2 cup of butter, softened

Filling
2 pkg (16oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup whipped cream
2 eggs
1 pkg orange jello
1 pkg lime jello

Topping
Whipped cream
Limes

Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease muffin tins with shortening. In a mixing bowl, combine the butter cake mix and softened butter until crumbly. Scoop 2 tbsp of mixture into each muffin tin. Press down until firm.
For filling, beat softened cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add sugar and mix well. Beat in eggs one at a time followed by adding in the sour cream and whipped cream. Pour half the cream cheese mixture into a different bowl. Mix in the orange jello into half of the cream cheese mixture and mix in the lime jello in the remaining half. Pour 2 tbsp of orange cream cheese on top of cake mix. Pour 2 tbsp of lime cream cheese filling over top of the orange. Bake in over for 30 min or until the edges are stiff. When you remove the cheesecakes from the oven the middle will still be jiggly. Let cool for 10 min on counter. Refrigerate for 3 hours or preferably over night. When you are ready to serve cut into quarters for a more elegant presentation. Add whipped cream and limes.
HISTORY
This specific recipe represents the characteristics of a very famous person in history. This is a pretty tricky one to guess, but think of how the cheesecake tastes and how it looks.
Here is a hint:



So this fabulous pancake photo is Beethoven. Do you see the resemblance.

Beethoven was the last great Classical composer and the first great Romantic composer. The cheesecake has two extremely strong flavors, lime and orange. These two flavors represent Beethoven's great classical work and his romantic compositions. At an early age Beethoven discovered he was going deaf. After he became deaf his music drew more heavily on personal emotion. Once Beethoven was deaf he was a little 'edgy'. His music was so grand and emotional it had a cutting bite to it. The cheesecake have a new strange taste which represents his change in the way he composed his music. As well the combination of the lime and orange flavors is edgy and has a bite to it.

Creativity
The cheesecakes are creative because they are totally different than any other cheesecake I have made (and I have made a lot). I was creative in trying two new flavors and combining them to make the cheesecake have a bite to the taste. I creatively changed the texture by adding in jello to the filling and having the base made from cake mix. These cheesecakes are also creative because the colors and ingredients I used emulate Beethoven.