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And a Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Date: Oct. 8th 2007
Category: Cakes, Cheesecakes, Cupcakes and Muffins
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Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada and it is without question, one of my favourite holidays. In fact, sometimes I will have little debates with myself (usually while baking) about which holiday I prefer: Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Nothing can match the light and magic of Christmas. However, Thanksgiving brings such joy and ease. It’s almost like Christmas without the pressure of buying gifts.
Mostly I love Thanksgiving for the turkey and the trimmings. I’m not complaining about my Italian background, I mean the food that I grew up with has been the basis for my love of food. But there has always been something so intriguing about turkey and cranberry sauce and gravy and squash. Yes. Even brussel sprouts fascinate me!
Happily, there is a huge chestnut-stuffed turkey in our oven right now! My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
To celebrate the breadth of the harvest, I like to make a variety of small desserts so that people can sample a little bit of everything. One of the items I’ve made are these mini pumpkin cheesecakes. A few years ago I came across the best pumpkin cheesecake recipe (ever!) in The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion.
The feast is going to begin soon so I want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Ciao!
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10/8/07 at 7:51 am
Happy, happy Thanksgiving. Those little cakes are absolutely adorable!
10/8/07 at 8:04 am
Hapy Thanksgiving! Non sapevo che fosse così presto la festa del Ringraziamento in Canada… pensavo fosse alla fine di novembre.
Ciao.
10/8/07 at 9:16 am
Beautiful little cakes. But no recipe?
10/8/07 at 9:21 am
Happy Thanksgiving! In our Canadian-American household we celebrate Thanksgiving twice, and each time it’s a wonderful family feast.
10/8/07 at 9:36 am
Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving! Oh those recipes are making my mouth water and the pumpkin cheesecakes look delicious! I am cooking our turkey in a tin refelctor oven this year over our hearth and can’t wait!
10/8/07 at 10:30 am
Those are adorable! YUM! Happy Thanksgiving!!
10/8/07 at 12:36 pm
Happy Thanksgiving! I LOVE turkey, so I’m drooling just to thingk of it with that chestnut stuffing. The mini cheesecakes are a perfect dessert for a Thanksgiving meal.
10/8/07 at 12:53 pm
I’m so jealous! Those pumpkin cheesecakes look AMAZING and now I wish I lived in Canada. Unfortunately, I have to wait another month and a half until my Thanksgiving but after seeing those pumpkin cheesecakes, I can’t wait!
10/8/07 at 1:06 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Ivonne.
10/8/07 at 3:23 pm
Have a wonderful thanksgiving!
(I did mine yesterday, but had missed the connection between Thanksgiving and Christmas being the same meal but without the presents - probably because I usually make something different, like prime rib, for Christmas!)
10/8/07 at 4:02 pm
Happy Thanksgving to you Ivonne. Yummy I wish I was eating at your hose tonight !! Clarice
10/8/07 at 4:03 pm
Oh my I meant to write house, not hose. I am so sorry. Clarice-who can not spell
10/8/07 at 4:22 pm
Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Ivonne! These cheesecakes look very delicious!
10/8/07 at 5:47 pm
aww, those mini pumpkin cheesecakes are precious! I too love Thanksgiving - and ESPECIALLY brussels sprouts :0)
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Ivonne!
10/8/07 at 8:40 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Ivonne! Hope that you and your family have a great celebration. These cheesecakes look delicious and I am sure they were a success!
10/8/07 at 10:25 pm
Wow, these mini cheese cakes are too beautiful…I have never seen such cute little cheese cakes, really. Happy Thanksgiving to those in Canada.
10/8/07 at 10:55 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Bella! Thanks for being one of the greatest inspirations to me - and for all your sweetness in your heart and in your kitchen
Huge hugs!
10/8/07 at 11:21 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, my dear. I hope your day with your family was a sweet joy (and I can’t wait to try these little cakes!).
10/9/07 at 12:47 am
Happy Thanksgiving to all who enjoy those little cakes! Lucky family to have such an amazing baker in residence!
Hugs.
10/9/07 at 6:19 am
Great picture of the cheesecakes; can we get the recipe?
10/9/07 at 6:23 am
Happy Thanksgiving! The cheesecakes are gorgeous!
10/9/07 at 6:37 am
Happy Thanksgiving! Those cheesecakes look wonderful! I have been eyeing this recipe since a while… Now, I’ll have to make it!
10/9/07 at 7:10 am
Hi,
where is the recipe?
Do I have to buy the book?
10/9/07 at 8:59 am
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s my favorite holiday, actually, because it’s more about family and less about stuff!
Those are beautiful little cakes, and I think I’m going to have to make them myself.
10/9/07 at 2:59 pm
Happy Thanksgiving! All I can think about now is turkey and all the trimmings, we may have to have a rehearsal dinner!
10/9/07 at 3:43 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Ivonne! Your little cheesecakes are surely the star of any party!
10/9/07 at 5:28 pm
What a visual treat! Sadly virtual tasting hasn’t been invented yet :(.
Happy Thanksgiving…
Kelleigh
10/9/07 at 6:23 pm
[…] we enjoyed our mini pumpkin cheesecakes for Thanksgiving dessert, we also enjoyed one of the best and easiest apple pies that I’ve ever made. It’s a […]
10/9/07 at 6:27 pm
I also made a pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving which I decorated with pumpkin seed brittle. I wasn’t sure - pumpkin pie is the traditional favourite and my family is BIG on tradition. I worried for nothing - it was a HUGE hit! The pic and a link is on my blog.
10/9/07 at 8:14 pm
Great point - the no-stress aspect of Thanksgiving makes it a treat. Too bad there’s not a celebration like this for every season in Canada. That’d be cool.
10/9/07 at 8:25 pm
happy thanksgiving!! such beautiful cheesecakes for a fabulous celebration. i love pumpkin and chocolate…
10/10/07 at 3:38 am
So cute! And just the right size.. I could eat several and not feel as bad as I would by inhaling a huge slice.
Hope your Thanksgiving turned out well!
xoxo
10/10/07 at 7:57 am
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Ivonne!!! The tiny pumpkin cheesecakes look and probably taste amazing!!! What a beautiful presentation they would make!
10/10/07 at 12:52 pm
Happy Thanksgiving,
A little late..I have been working the whole weekend..so mine will be this weekend.
Great photos. Are we able to get he pumpkin cheesecake recipe??
10/10/07 at 8:19 pm
In Germany where I’m coming from, we don’t have such a big Thanksgiving tradition. However, looking at these adorable little cakes makes me wanna change that…
10/11/07 at 12:40 am
Happy Thanksgiving! These are just the cutest little cheesecakes!
10/11/07 at 12:20 pm
Oh, those are lovely…I do a pumpkin cheesecake every year for the US Thanksgiving…I prefer it over pumpkin pie.
10/12/07 at 10:34 am
I LOVE mini anything!! Did you use the Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pie recipe or the “regular” Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe from the King Arthur Flour cookbook? (The two tone looks like the “Pie” recipe) Thanks.
10/12/07 at 5:45 pm
It’s funny - I’ve always said I loved Thanksgiving because it’s got the perks of Christmas (mainly the food, plus family) without the stress of gift-giving and exams.
Also, I am totally making this cheesecake.
10/14/07 at 3:45 am
This is my idea of heaven Ivonne. I love baked cheescake and I love pupkin. My husband loves cheescake even more but hates pumpkin, I wonder if he’ll notice?
10/14/07 at 3:56 pm
[…] Canadian Thanksgiving was almost a week ago and I’ve already shared two recipes that are Thanksgiving classics in my family, I thought I’d share one […]
10/15/07 at 12:45 pm
Those look so delicious. I am a huge fan of pumpkin anything. I would love to take this to a birthday party this week. Any chance of getting this recipe.
Your blog is fantastic as ever. Sorry I haven’t stopped by in a while.
10/15/07 at 2:52 pm
Your little cheesecakes are so cute! I made pumpkin cheesecake (recipe from the Best of Bridge) last year for Thanksgiving and it was a big hit. Now I must try this one too though since you said it’s the best ever! What’s on top of the cheesecakes? Looks like caramel maybe? I didn’t have a lot of time this year so while I had big plans for the desserts I would make for Thanksgiving I only made the daring bakers challenge recipe (which turned out well!)
11/1/07 at 6:23 am
RECIPE HERE
http://www.statssheet.com/articles/article8919.html
This has got to be the recipe, but I doubt I could make mini ones as pretty as the ones here.
11/26/07 at 6:23 am
These look wonderful. Do you mind me asking where I could locate a mini-cheesecake pan similar to what you used here? Thanks!
10/13/08 at 3:02 pm
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10/14/08 at 12:26 pm
Please post the cheese cake recipe! thanks.
10/23/08 at 1:10 pm
Those are so cute, and I’ll be tasty! I love the size. It would definitely help me cut down on quantity, I think…On second thought, they’d certainly be easy to pop in my mouth!
10/27/09 at 7:17 pm
Can I get the recipe?