World’s largest cheesecake served at Cream Cheese Festival in N.Y.

An annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, N.Y., hosted a successful Guinness World Record attempt featuring a 15,008-pound cheesecake.

The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville set the record for the world’s largest cheesecake at the festival in 2013, but was beaten by a team from Russia who made a 9,347-pound cheesecake in 2017.

Derrick Langdon, quality manager at Kraft-Heinz, said he and his team decided to smash the previous record at this year’s festival.

“If you’re going to beat it, might as well go big,” Langdon told WWNY-TV. “We decided we’re going to smash that record, make it almost twice as big as the last one. If they were going to beat it, they’d have to go really big. It was go big.”

A Guinness World Records adjudicator was present for the cheesecake’s unveiling and confirmed it weighed in at 15,008 pounds, more than enough to reclaim the title.

“This is just unbelievable,” Cream Cheese Festival Chair Jeremiah Papineau said. “To have a record in 2013, and to win the record again this year, it just shows how this community comes together, and we couldn’t be more proud.”

The cheesecake was sliced and served to festival attendees. The leftovers were donated to local food banks.

Döntsd el, hogy az alábbi állítások igazak, vagy hamisak! 

1. The Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, N.Y., is held every year.
2. The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville set the record for the world’s largest cheesecake in 2017.
3. Derrick Langdon and his team aimed to make a cheesecake almost twice as big as the previous record.
4. A Guinness World Records adjudicator confirmed the cheesecake’s weight at 15,008 pounds.
5. The festival attendees were not allowed to taste the cheesecake.
6. The leftover cheesecake was thrown away after the festival.
7. Jeremiah Papineau expressed pride in the community’s achievement.

Correct Answers:

1. True – The text mentions it is an annual festival.
2. False – The text states the Kraft-Heinz plant set the record in 2013, not 2017.
3. True – The text quotes Langdon saying they aimed to make it almost twice as big.
4. True – The text confirms a Guinness World Records adjudicator verified the weight.
5. False – The text states the cheesecake was sliced and served to attendees.
6. False – The text mentions the leftovers were donated to local food banks.
7. True – The text quotes Papineau expressing pride in the community’s achievement.

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Rachel: Hi!
Chandler: Another cheesecake came! They delivered it to the wrong address again!
Rachel: So just bring it back downstairs, what’s the problem?
Chandler: I can’t seem to say goodbye.
Rachel: Are you serious?! Chandler, we ate an entire cheesecake two days ago and you want more?
Chandler: Well I’ve forgotten what it tastes like okay?!
Rachel: It was cheesecake. It was fine. It had a buttery, crumbly, graham cracker crust, with a very rich yet light, cream cheese filling… (Pause) Wow! My whole mouth just filled with saliva!
Chandler: (closing the box) Y’know what? Forget it! We are just hungry! We have not had lunch! We are just light-headed! So let us go out and have lunch and forget about the cheesecake.
Rachel: Yeah and we’ll drop it off downstairs so that we’re not tempted.
Chandler: Good idea. Where do you want to go to lunch?
Rachel: Momma’s Little Bakery, Chicago, Illinois. (They exit with the cheesecake.)

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Chandler: Well, thank you for lunch.
Rachel: What? Wait a minute, I didn’t pay, I thought you paid!
Chandler: So apparently we just don’t pay for food anymore. (Rachel laughs then Chandler notices something.) Do you see what I see?
Rachel: (gasps) It’s still there! (The cheesecake they returned to Mrs. Braverman is still lying in front of her door.)
Chandler: Mrs. Braverman must be out. (They move closer to it.)
Rachel: She could be out of town. Maybe she’ll be gone for months.
Chandler: By then, the cheesecake may have gone bad. We don’t want her to come back to bad cheesecake.
Rachel: No that could kill her.
Chandler: Well, we don’t want that.
Rachel: No, so we’re protecting her.
Chandler: But we should take it.
Rachel: But we should move quick.
Chandler: Why?
Rachel: Because I think I just heard her moving around in there.
Chandler: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! (Rachel grabs the cheesecake and they take off upstairs.)

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Rachel: (taking a bite) Oh my God! That is so good!
Chandler: I’m full, and yet I know if I stop eating this, I’ll regret it.
Joey: (entering) Hey!
Rachel: Hey!
Joey: (seeing what they’re doing) What do you get there?
Rachel: Oh it’s umm, it’s tofu cake. Do you want some? (He makes a disgusted noise and heads for his room, Chandler follows him in.)
Chandler: What are you doing tonight?
Joey: Huh? Uh… (He starts taking off his pants.)
Chandler: Dude! Dude! (Motions that Joey should pull up his pants.)
Joey: Oh! (Pulls up his pants.) Sorry. Uh, I’ve got those plans with Phoebe, why?
Chandler: Oh really? Uh, Monica said she had a date at 9:00.
Joey: What?! Tonight?!
Chandler: That’s what Monica said.
Joey: After she gave me that big speech?! She goes and makes a date with a guy on the same night she has plans with me? I think she’s trying to pull a fast one on Big Daddy!

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Chandler: Are you eating the cheesecake without me?!
Rachel: (with a mouthful) Mm-mmm. (Nods no.)
Chandler: I will give you a hundred dollars to whistle right now. (She tries to whistle and blows little chunks of cheesecake out of her mouth.) How can you eat the cheesecake without me?!
Rachel: Oh, what are you going to do?! Are you gonna go run tell Monica?! Are you gonna tell Joey?! No! Because then you will have to tell them what we did! We are dessert stealers! We are living outside the law!
Chandler: Y’know what? I don’t trust you with this cake anymore! And I got it first, and I’m takin’ it back! (Grabs the cheesecake and heads for his apartment.)
Rachel: What?! What?!
Chandler: Oh yes!
Rachel: Wait a minute!
Chandler: Oh yes!
Rachel: Oh no-no-no-no-no, no you don’t!

[Cut to Chandler and Monica’s as they enter.]

Chandler: Oh yes! Oh yes!
Rachel: You think I trust you with it?! No! We’re gonna split it! You take half and I take half!
Chandler: Well that’s not fair, you’ve already had some!
Rachel: What? Oh, well then y’know what? I think Monica would be very interested to know that you called her cheesecake dry and mealy.
Chandler: What do we use to split it?
Rachel: Okay! (Grabs a knife and cuts it in half.) All right, pick a half.
Chandler: (examining the cake) Okay well, this side looks bigger. Uh… There’s more crust on this side. Y’know? So, maybe if I measured…
Rachel: Oh for God’s sake just pick a piece!
Chandler: All right, I’ll pick that one. (Points.)
Rachel: That’s also the smaller piece. (Puts the piece onto a plate.) Okay, there you go. Enjoy your half my friend, but that is it. No sharing. No switching, and don’t come crying to me if you eat your piece too fast. (As she’s saying that she is backing out the door, when she finishes she turns around to return to her place, stumbles and drops the cheesecake on the floor.) Oh!!!!
Chandler: (gloatingly and holding his piece) Ohhh!
Rachel: Okay, you gotta give me some of your piece.
Chandler: Oh-ho-ho-ho-no! No! No switching! No sharing, and don’t come crying to me! Ha-ha-ha! I may just sit here and have my cake all day! Just sit here in the hallway and eat my… (Rachel knocks the plate from his hand and it falls on the floor. That process leaves just the forkful Chandler has, Rachel starts to go after that little bit and Chandler retreats into his apartment.)

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Rachel: Oh! Yay! Look! There’s a piece that doesn’t have floor on it!
Chandler: Stick to your side!
Rachel: Hey, come on now!

(Joey finishes climbing the stairs and sees them. Chandler and Rachel both stop and look up at him. Joey sits down on the step.)

Joey: (pulls out a fork) All right, what are we havin’? (Starts digging in.)

Ingredients:

– 100g butter

– 200g biscuits, finely crushed

– 100g hazelnuts, blitzed in a food processor

– 200g dark chocolate, chopped

– 200g Nutella

– 2 large eggs

– 200g smooth cottage cheese, drained

– 300g cream cheese

Preparation:

1. 20cm non-stick, loose-bottomed cake tin, greased, and the sides lined with baking paper chopped hazelnuts, to decorate.

2. Heat the oven to 130°C, 110°C fan. Melt the butter over a low heat, remove from the heat and stir in the crushed biscuits and hazelnuts. Mix until evenly coated. Spread over the base of the cake tin, pressing down lightly to create a firm base.

3. Melt the chocolate and Nutella in a small, heavy-based saucepan over a medium-low heat until smooth. Mix to combine, and then set aside to cool.

4. Using an electric whisk, beat the eggs, cottage cheese, and cream cheese until just combined, then pour in the chocolate mixture and mix until smooth.

5. Scrape into the cake tin, smoothing the top. Bake for 45 minutes, then run a flat-bladed knife around the edge to prevent cracking.

6. Set aside to cool, and then remove to the fridge for at least 4 hours to cool and set completely. Decorate with chopped hazelnuts to serve.

For the biscuit layer:

–         175g digestive biscuits

–         90g olive oil spread

For the fruity layer:

–         150g cranberries

–         100g golden caster sugar

–         100g raspberries

–         6 tbsp blackcurrant curd

For the cheesecake:

–         finely grated zest and juice of 2 lemons

–         500g tub mascarpone

–         300g can condensed milk

–         1 tbsp vanilla extract

–         12g sachet powdered gelatine

–         ediblegold stars, to decorate

–         18 cm round spring -clip tin, greased and lined

1.      Crush biscuits in a plastic bag with a rolling pin. Melt the spread, tip in the biscuits to combine and press into the prepared tin. Chill.

2.      Put the cranberries in a pan with sugar and 2tbsp water.  Heat very gently, to dissolve the sugar, then increase the heat and cook for 5 mins, until the cranberries pop. Tip into a bowl, add the raspberries and 4tbsp blackcurrant curd. Cool, then spoon two thirds of the mixture on the biscuit.

3.      Combine the lemon zest, mascarpone, condensed milk and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.

4.      Pour the lemon juice in another bowl, add the gelatine and microwave for 30 secs. Stir to dissolve.

5.      Spoon 2tbsp of the mascarpone mixture into the gelatine and beat together. Repeat this 3 times, then stir into the large bowl of mascarpone. Tip this on top of the fruit and smooth over. Pop in the freezer to firm up overnight. Transfer to the fridge for several hours.

6.      Upturn the cheesecake on to a cake stand. Top with the reserved fruits and curd and sprinkle on the stars.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Total time: 5 h 25 minutes
Serving: 16 

Ingredients:

– about 1 cup Graham crackers, crushed (összenyomott, összezúzott)
– 3 tbsp. sugar
– 3 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted (olvasztott)
– 5 pkg. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened 
– 1 cup sugar
– 3 tbsp flour
– 1 tbsp. vanilla
– 1 cup sour cream (tejföl)
– 4 eggs
– 1 can cherry pie filling 

Preparation:
1. Heat oven to 160 Celsius.
2. Line a pan with foil (fóliával kibélel), with end of foil extendin over sides (a fólia széle lógjon túl a tepsi oldalán). Mix graham crumbs (morzsák), 3 tbsp. sugar and butter. Press onto bottom of pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile (eközben) beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla with mixer until well blended (amíg jól össze nem vegyültek). Add sour cream, mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time (egyszerre egyet), mixing on low (alacsony fokozaton keverve) after each until blended. Pour over crust (Öntsd rá a kéregre.)
4. Bake for 40 minutes or until center is almost set (amíg a közepe már majdnem megszilárdult). Cool completely. Refrigerate for 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake (Használd a fóliát, hogy felemeld a sütit) from pan before cutting to serve. Top with pie filling. 

Serves: 10-12
Calories: 372
Fat: 15g
Saturated fat: 15g
Suitable for freezing: no

For the base:

• 200g digestive biscuits
• 100g butter

For the topping:

• 4 leaves gelatine
• 300g carton full-fat cream cheese
• Finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
• 397g can condensed milk
• 250g grapes, red and green, halved

For decoration:

• Extra grapes, halved
• Sprigs of mint
• 20cm round, loose-bottomed cake tin, lined with baking parchment

1. To make the base: Crush the biscuits and mix with the butter. Tip it into the cake tin and press down in an even layer. Chill until set.

2. To make the topping: Soak the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water (the amount of water isn’t important). Beat the cream cheese with the lemon rind and juice until smooth then beat in the condensed milk. Lift the gelatine out of the water and squeeze out the excess moisture, then melt it, either in a microwave oven or in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Pour this into the cheese mixture, and mix it in very quickly before it sets.

3. Spoon about half the mixture over the base and then scatter over the grapes. Spoon the rest of the mixture over the top and level the surface. Chill the cheesecake in the fridge for a few hours, or overnight, until it’s set.

4. To serve, slide it out of the cake tin onto a serving plate and peel away the baking parchment. Decorate with more grapes and a few sprigs of mint.  

Makes: 3-4
Calories: 412
Fat: 33g, saturated: 20g 

FOR THE CRUMBLE:

–       30g butter, melted

–       50g digestive biscuits, finely crushed

FOR THE RASPBERRY LAYER:

–       200-250g raspberries

–       2 level tablespoons icing sugar

FOR THE CHEESE LAYER:

–       200g full-fat cream cheese

–       finely zested rind and juice of one lemon

–       2 level teaspoons icing sugar

–       3-4 tablespoons milk

–       sprigs of mint, to decorate

–       baking sheet, lined with baking parchment

1. To make the crumble: Set the oven to 180C or Gas Mark 4. Stir the butter into crushed biscuits and spread out on the baking sheet. Bake for 5-10 minutes, or until the biscuits are starting to tinge a golden colour, then remove from the oven and leave to cool.

2. To make the raspberry layer: Reserve 3-4 raspberries for decoration, then crush half the remainder with the icing sugar and stir in the other half. Divide the mixture between serving glasses.

3. To make the cheese layer: Beat all the ingredients together, adding milk to give the desired consistency. Spoon on to raspberry mixture in the glasses. Sprinkle over the crunchy topping, decorate with the reserves raspberries and the mint.