Okay Shelley !!!!!!!

My "Passionate Coconut Cheesecake" (TA named it for me ) was a huge success - there's none left - mainly because daughter and son both took home what was left - and the only reason there was some left was because I also made this:

http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/chocolate-fo.....ant-76.htm

This was my cheesecake recipe:

200g coconut cookies, whizzed to crumbs and mixed with

60g butter, melted

Line the base of the 9" cheesecake dish with this and refrigerate.

Meanwhile, whisk together:

300g soft cheese

250g mascarpone cheese

120g creme fraiche (not light)

400g tin of condensed milk

large teaspoonful of Madagascan Bourbon vanilla extract

Pour mixture on to cookie base.

Refrigerate.

Lastly, spread with lime curd.

Everyone said how lovely it was. (Hubby had seconds - a rare event!) However, another dimension we discussed was that perhaps we could have used some coconut cream in the cheese mix.

That'll be the next trial  .

Thanks again, Shelley, for the lovely curd recipes - btw, I plan on trying some orange curd this week.

Will report back!

Funny thing, TA, it was very creamy - though not over-sweet, surprisingly. The only sweetness added was the condensed milk. I used the stick-whizz attachment of a whisk to blend it together and it became like thick cream - and very more-ish, too. Mmmm

The translation difficulty, I am sure, is what I have, too. (Or maybe I'm trying too hard, who knows!)

In English, we have male and female - and when I was speaking to my neighbours, and referred to wifey and me as 'femelles', her husband rolled about laughing. Apparently 'femelles' only refers to animals - not humans! For some while after, her hubby took the mickey out of her by calling her a 'femelle' ........

The rotter ......

Made some orange curd last night - unfortunately not thinking straight and used the same recipe as for lemon curd - erm, it's a little sweet .........

However, my son said it was delicious!! 

Mutley - 230 today ........

............... and the response?