Violet Crumble Cheesecake - from Shayne in Esperance

[Thermomixer]

Link to a recipe from WA - http://shayne.powerlot.net/2009/10/15/violet-crumble-cheesecake/

Sounds yummy

members' comments

Cathy79 = I followed the ingredients list to the letter, but changed the process a lot to use TMX more.  It's pretty rough, but much simpler.
Base - melt butter in TMX, add biscuits and blend on about speed 5 until it looks like base mix should.
Filling - I don't have a hand mixer so had to figure out how to use TMX.
If the cream cheese hasn't softened, you can't use the butterfly straight away.  So I mixed the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until it was soft enough for the butterfly to handle, added the butterfly and then beat until creamy.  Then I added the cream and beat in, then the melted chocolate, then the gelatine.  Finally I added the violet crumble and mixed by hand with the spatula.
This was delicious.  Not too rich but just right.  And worth making a day ahead so that the flavours really merge.

[cathy79]

This is in the fridge ready for dinner tomorrow night (dessert actually).  The mixture tastes divine so that's a great sign.

I followed the ingredients list to the letter, but changed the process a lot to use TMX more.  It's pretty rough, but much simpler.

Base - melt butter in TMX, add biscuits and blend on about speed 5 until it looks like base mix should.

Filling - I don't have a hand mixer so had to figure out how to use TMX.
If the cream cheese hasn't softened, you can't use the butterfly straight away.  So I mixed the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until it was soft enough for the butterfly to handle, added the butterfly and then beat until creamy.  Then I added the cream and beat in, then the melted chocolate, then the gelatine.  Finally I added the violet crumble and mixed by hand with the spatula.

So who needs a hand mixer now???

[Thermomixer]

Thanks CB79 - great to have somebody try it - it looked good. 

[Nay-nay]

Take a photo cathy before it gets gobbled up. 

[cathy79]

I'll try and remember...no promises.  If I start taking photos of everything I've made for tomorrow night, I'll be very busy.

[cathy79]

This was delicious.  Not too rich but just right.  And worth making a day ahead so that the flavours really merge.

[cathy79]

Here is a photo.  It looked better last night before it was devoured.  Hopefully you can see where the violet crumble has "melted" into a ripple saucy effect.

[cookie1]

I think my DH would love that.  Maybe for Christmas.

[Very Happy Jan]

My DS2's teacher is obsessed with violet crumbles. All you teachers out there- How would this go down as a teacher pressie?

[cookie1]

I think it would be lovely, especially if they love violet crumbles and don't leave it in the staff room fridge.

[bron]

Sorry to be ignorant but are violet crumbles like Crunchies (UK) I am totally clueless to what they are? Although it certainly looks divive!

[Thermomixer]

Yes, chocolate-coated honeycomb.  Used to be made by Hoadleys who also made Polly-Waffles (RIP)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Crumble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Waffle

[cookie1]

I loved polly waffles. I much preferred them to violet crumbles. Obviously I didn't buy enough.

[judydawn]

Oh, polly waffles.  Reminds me of the last time I ever ate one     We were sitting in front of the radiogram in the dark (why??) listening to a serial (back in the dim, dark ages before TV) eating our polly waffles.  I felt something crawling on my face, jumped up and turned on the light and found the complete centre of the polly waffle had gone and was teeming with ants    Could never look at one again without remembering back to my early childhood.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Oh JD that is awful!    No wonder you never touched one again!