One of the great things about the low carb diet is that you are
allowed to eat cheese. Cheese is low in carbs. This low carb cheese cake
makes about 8 servings (yeah, right – we low carbers know that a serving
is a lot bigger than what the cook books say it is, right). But even at
that, this low carb cheese cake weighs in at aournd 3 to 4 grams of
carbohydrate per serving, so if you’re not in induction and have been
doing well, you might be tempted to eat more than one serving. In fact,
you may not be able to resist having more than one.
The ingredients are very simple:
350g soft cream cheese
1 cup of heavy whipping cream (some brands just say heavy cream)
3 individual packets of Splenda sweetener
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (use the real - not imitation)
Now, you might be tempted to open the cream cheese and just eat that
by itself because it tastes so good, but don’t. Save it for the low carb
cheesecake you’re going to make. Just follow these directions:
Mix all of the ingredients well except for the heavy whipping cream in a
mixing bowl. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream
until it forms soft peaks. It’s probably tempting to use a beating, but
don’t. It can break down the cream and it won’t create the fluffy peaks
you need. Now, fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
TIP: Folding means to use a plastic or rubber mixing spatula to go under
the mixture and bring the ingredients to the top. You do this a few
times to ‘blend’ the ingredients, but not to ‘mix’ them well. Mixing
them too well will not produce good results.
Now, back to the low carb cheesecake dessert. After everything is mixed
and blended, put it all in a large glass bowl or a small glass pie
plate. Cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to
chill for an hour or more.
If you are not on induction, there are a few other goodies you can
consider adding to your low carb cheese cake. You can top it with a
small amount of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and even
rhubarb. Another good topping is sugar free low carb jam. If you like
them, you can try slices of lemon or lime as a topping.
But in reality, you will probably find this delicious low carb
cheesecake demanding to not be disturbed by any additional fruits and
sauces. It’s actually very hard to improve upon.
