Cheese Cake Cups

This is one cool thing to do with kids or i would say comfort cooking..

Ingredients
1. Cream Cheese - i guess you could use Philadelphia but i used one that was not called spreadable cream cheese
2. Dairy Whipping Cream - i used the Milard brand which is cheaper then President's and can be found in Phoon Huat
3. Vanilla Essence
4. An egg
5. A Packet of Plain crackers - or whatever crackers you can find
6. Butter
7. 1/2 cup of Granulated sugar
8. Cup cake papers

Directions
First, place all the cream cheese into a big bowl, followed by approximately 1/2 cup of granulated sugar and mix well.

Then, using a whisk, whilst slowing adding the cream a little at a time until you reach a medium consistency. Meaning not too thick and not too thin, more on the thicker side would be safer. After that, add in the egg, this would dilute it further and if you like the consistency that is reached, then its fine, if not, add more cream. Then add in about half a teaspoon of vanilla essence. Whisk it all well together then place it aside.

Now, take the biscuits and place them in a plastic bag, transparent would be better. Then, using a rolling pin or something else, smash the crackers into little bits. There is about 5-6 crackers in each packet. After that, pour them into a bowl and add in the butter, just enough so that they are bounded together and also so that the cup cake would not stick to the paper.

After that, place the cup cake papers onto the muffin tray and because this is a little harder to explain, see the picture below. As you can see, place the biscuits on the bottom layer and if you're in a calm and peaceful mood like i was, use your fingers to press the biscuits down gently so that it looks neat and orderly. After that, fill it with the cream cheese mixture. It won't rise during cooking, so no worries about making it high. Of course you can choose to make bigger cup cakes, but i think these look quite cute. To take a closer look..
Get a clearer picture now? =) Just fill them all up and place them inside the oven to bake for approximately 10 minutes or till it is golden brown on the top in which the sugar caramelizes and forms a nice sweet soft crust on the top.

If you wish to make the chocolate which i tried to do but was unsuccessful cause i forgot the chocolate seizes and so i rolled them into balls. I won't try to explain this now, but i will be making chocolate truffles soon, i will explain it then. =)

To make it a wee bit more flavourful, i crushed some pine nuts and sprinkled them on the top. Pine nuts are the best..at least in my opinion. =)

Enjoy!