Oreo Cheesecake

Hello there!

This past weekend I held a little birthday dinner-party for some of my really good friends, and it was so nice to just sit and talk to everyone and we had a really nice evening.

Because it was a kind of "dinner-party", I had been cooking all of the food and what I want to share with you today is how I made the dessert, an Oreo cheesecake!

The cake wasn't that hard to make and does NOT require any baking at all. So if you're very good at burning cakes in the oven, this is a perfect recipe for you!

Here is what you'll need:

For the crust:

• 200g Oreo-biscuits
• 60g melted butter

For the cheese-filling:

• 300g cream-cheese
• 150g sour cream (18% fat)
• 150ml cream
• Juice from 0.75 limes (if you really like the sour taste, I recommend using 1 1/2 limes) 
• Zest from 1 lime (optional)
• 80g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean
• 4 sheets of gelatine

Topping:

• Strawberries
• Whipped cream

I recommend making a double portion if you want a taller cheesecake, if you're using the same size tin as I am (diameter of the springform-tin = 22cm).

Instructions:

Start of by crushing all of your Oreo-biscuits. You can crush them however you want to, but I found that the easiest way, was just to put all the biscuits in a blender.

After you have crushed all your Oreo-biscuits into little pieces, you're going to pour your melted butter over the Oreo's, mix it all together, and then push the biscuit-mixture down into your springform tin.

After you've done that you're just going to let it cool for a bit. 

And while the crust is cooling down, you can begin making the cheese-filling.

Start of by mixing the cream cheese with the sugar, and then add vanilla bean and the lime zest. After that is mixed all together, you're going to gently mix in the sour cream with a spatula.

Now you going to whip your cream stiff, and then also gently mix that in. 

Now you're just going to soften up your gelatine in cold water, and then after about 5 minutes, take the gelatine up from the water and melt in in the microwave with some of the water hanging in the gelatine. Be very careful with this step, the gelatine melts VERY QUICKLY in the microwave, and you want to take it out, when all of it is a thick liquid. 

After that, you're going to pour your lime juice into the gelatine and mix it together with a whisk, so that it's all combined. Then you're just going to let et cool for about 2-3 minutes, and after that, put a little amount of your cheese-mixture into the gelatine-mixture, and whisk that together very well, so that the gelatine doesn't make chunks in the cake.

After you've whisked the gelatine-mixture together to an even liquid, you're going to pour that into the rest of the cheese-mixture and also gently mix that together, until it's all combined.

When you're done with the cheese-mixture, you're just going to pour it all over the crust in the springform tin.

Then your just going to put it into the fridge, and let it cool over night.

When you're just about to serve the cake, decorate it with whipped cream and strawberries.

Bon appétit!

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My trip to Germany

Hello there!

So in the beginning of August, and the end of my summer-holiday, I went to Germany with my parents. It was a really cool trip, and we went to two completely different places/cities in Germany. I would say that the first place was more for my parents, and se second one was more for me, which I think was really good, because we got to experience two totally different places even though we were in the same country.

So at about twelve o'clock when we had packed all of our stuff, and made sure that we hadn't forgot anything, we got in the car and began to drive to Germany. We had decided to take the car, and then the ferry to Germany, so that we could just drive from the first place, which were an area called Hartzen to the second place, which were Berlin, the capital of Germany.

After a kind of long drive and a little ferry ride, we were finally in Germany, and on our way to Hartzen. Hartzen is an area with a lot of woods and hills everywhere, and there was also a lot of little water fountains and steams. Basically a lot of nature, and it was very beautiful.

Our hotel was of course on a little hill, and was actually a hotel I think that a lot of people would visit during the winter period, because of all the hills and ski-facilities (there were a lot of little ski-lifts around the area, and even one just by our hotel).

The hotel was pretty nice and there was an indoor- and outdoor pool, a fitness room, a tennis court and a really nice buffet in the restaurant. The only bad thing about the hotel was that it was kind of old, so it was a bit outdated, and the WIFI weren't free, which we thought it would be (and yes, I know you're might not supposed to go on the internet all the time on your holiday, but there weren't so much to do at the hotel at all times). So instead of going on the internet, I ended up playing a lot of Yatzi and watched some films I had taken with me in the suitcase.

Of course we also had to walk around in the beautiful nature, because we were only at the hotel in the morning and afternoon/evenings. We walked up and down the hills (which actually was pretty hard sometimes) nearby the hotel, and it was very beautiful looking at all of the nature. We also drove down to a little town nearby with small old houses and little boutiques and restaurants.

After five days in Hartzen, it was time to leave for Berlin, which I was pretty excited about. So yet again we were sat in the car after checking out of the hotel, and drove all the way from Hartzen to Berlin. 

In Berlin we had booked a small apartment, instead of just a hotel room, and it was really nice, accept it was on the third floor with no elevator, so we had to climb up the stairs with all of our heavy luggage. But we managed to get it all up, so that was fine.

In Berlin there was a lot more to look at than in Hartzen (well, not nature of course). We went to a lot of attractions for example the Reichstag, Under den Linden, Potzdammer Plats, Kurfürstendamm and so on. Basically there was a LOT to look at and a LOT of places to shop as well (which is one of my favourite things to do, haha). We also went to the Madame Tusssauds museum, which I didn't even know was there, but I saw on the Brandenburger street, so that was also really cool.

We also went on a sightseeing boat through the canal in Berlin and on another day, we went on a sightseeing bus. So I guess you could say that we did really see a lot.

After over a week with a lot of beautiful nature, expressions, sightseeing and shopping, it was time to take the long drive home. But all in all, it was a really nice trip and I really enjoyed everything from the nature in Haitzen to the shopping and sightseeing in Berlin.

Here is some pictures from the trip:

Cody Simpson concert

Hi there!

So recently I've been to (probably) way to many concerts, and actually just yesterday I went to one again!

This time me and some of my friends were going to se Cody Simpson, who is an Australian singer/songwriter.

The place we were at was kind of small, hot and very crowded, but we came really close, and he must have been only about 5 meters or less, away from us! But the concert was really good and Cody is so great live, and I love his calm vibe when he sings especially, now that it was acoustic.

The warm-up artist was also really good! He was a guy called Bjørnskov, and he was also very nice live, and sung some really good songs.

Picture time!:

One Direction concert x 2

Hi guys!

So on the 16th and the 17th of june (which was monday and tuesday this week) I went to Parken (which is a big stadium in Copenhagen) to see One Direction live.

Me and my friend had gotten tickets for both days they were doing their concerts in Denmark, and the concerts were so awesome, because the boys performed a lot of their newer songs, and the scene show were really great! Though i must say that they had more energy the second day, maybe it was because they knew it was their last? (in Denmark of course).

So the 16th of july, we actually had exams in physics, so of course we had to complete them first, before we could go to Copenhagen. But we did it, and I actually ended up getting the highest grade you can get, so I was really happy about that, and ready to go to Copenhagen (me and my friend went together with to of my other friends, because our exams ended at the same time).

Before the concert we had to sit in a big line full of excited (mostly) teenage girls, and we were there about 1-2 hours, before we actually got into the stadium. We actually came a bit later that two of our other friends (not the ones that we went to Copenhagen with, but two other girls who didn't have exams that day, and therefore went earlier), who actually ended up standing at the very front!

The second day we didn't have any exams, so we decided to go a bit earlier than the day before, and let me just tell you how crazy some of the girls are. Because we came that earlier, we couldn't stand in line yet, and had to wait at the other side of the road, until it was two o'clock. Then when it got two o'clock, we were told to "walk" over the street, but that didn't really happen since everybody wants to stand at the front of the queue, so we literally got pushed over the street of running girls. 

After that, we were sat between two iron fences (like the day before, but we had less space), and there we had to sit about 2-3 hours under the sun. So that was that.

The other thing we had really been looking forward to, than just One Direction of course, was their warm-up band, 5 Seconds Of Summer. And the sad thing about this, was that they didn't have time to play in Denmark, so that sucked a little, but the band that replaced 5SOS, was McBusted, which was awesome! McBusted were really great as well, and had LOTS of energy on stage, and they played some of both old McFly and Busted songs, so we could re-live some memories.

So overall I think it was two really awesome concerts, and we were really close to them both days, because we were standing in the two front sections.

Here is some of the pictures i took: