The Tyler Cooking Show - Pumpkin Cheesecake

Welcome to the latest edition of Tyler's Cooking Show! For Thanksgiving, Tyler and his mom made a pumpkin cheesecake for a family get-together. Ty's mom found the Cheesecake Factory recipe online.

First, he had to make the graham cracker crust.

Crust:

• 1-1/2 cups graham crumbs
• 5 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
  

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Mix crust ingredients together, just till coated and crumbly. Press onto the bottom and 2/3 up the sides of an 8" springform pan. Bake for 5 min. at 350. Set aside.



Then it was time to make the filling.

Filling:

• 3- 8oz.pkgs. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. allspice

Combine cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl, mix until smooth with an electric mixer. Add pumpkin eggs, and spices, beat till smooth and creamy.




Pour into the crust. Bake for 60-70 min. or till the top turns a bit darker. Remove from oven and allow to come to room temperature, then refrigerate. After it has thoroughly chilled, remove the pan sides and cut. Serve with whipped cream.

And here is the finished product!

Mmmm! Happy Thanksgiving!

The Tyler Cooking Show - Project Train Cake

For Tyler's 6th birthday, his mom had a BRILLIANT idea to make him a cake. Not just any ol' cake, but one shaped as trains. She found the train mold at Williams Sonoma and thought, 'This should be easy!' Ty's mom sure is ambitious... maybe a little too much sometimes!



There were a lot of ingredients involved... from the cake mix...



To the candy decorations...


Let's start with the cake mix. Ty explains how to make it!

While the trains cooled...


It was time to set the "scene." Ty's mom got one of those oven drip trays as the base. She mixed green food coloring with frosting to make the "grass" and spread a thin coat on the tray.


Then, she used black licorice to make the "tracks."


She found little Japanese chocolate mushrooms and used them as "trees." Since they couldn't stand up on their own, she dyed mini marshmallows green and used them as "bushes" to keep the "trees" in place.



Now that the scene was set, it was time to decorate the trains. Ty started by using mini marshmallows as the "steam" coming from the engine.


We used gummy lifesavers for the wheels and strawberry sour belts as the bumpers and outlines of the train. Jelly beans, Smarties and lemon candies were used to resemble everything else, from headlights to cargo.


Here's the final product!

And in the end, it was a big hit at his birthday party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TYLER!

The Tyler Cooking Show - Pumpkin Pie

It's another edition of The Tyler Cooking Show! And on today's episode, we are making pumpkin pie!


First, the dry ingredients!


Oops! It appears we missed the salt! Oh well!



Now time for the eggs! Tyler gets a lesson in whisking!


Tyler tries to use a can opener but it's quite stingy.


And now the filling goes into the crust and into the oven!



Now for the final product!

It was quite delicious and apparently, salt-free!
Good job Ty and Grandma!

The Tyler Cooking Show - Lemon Bars

Here's another installment of "The Tyler Cooking Show!" In today's episode, Tyler and his grandma make lemon bars!

After making the crust, Tyler prepares the lemon filling.





Here's the finished product... ta da!

The Tyler Cooking Show - Kona Coffee Mud Pie

For the inaugural version of "The Tyler Cooking Show,"
Tyler demonstrates how to make a Kona Coffee Mud Pie!

















And Tyler enjoyed it at Thanksgiving dinner! Good job!