Stupid question of the day (now with cheesecake pictures)

[rocketgirl]

Do I have to go buy a mixer to make a cheesecake?  Normally I just use a whisk, but cream cheese may not be all that amenable to whisking.  I don't think the boyfriend has a mixer either, although he does have a stick blender.

[JBM]

You might want a hand mixer. I think they're pretty inexpensive.

[witchypoo]

you can use a pastry blender with cream cheese, but that would make me really irritable.  just buy a hand mixer.  they're nice to have around, anyway.

try this one

[Magic Microbe]

You could technically mix it by hand, but not with a whisk and it would take a while.

Room temp cream cheese isn't super hard to mix, by the way.

[rocketgirl]

I think my pimento cheese recipe technically requires a mixer (and does have cream cheese), but I just use a wooden spoon.  And take breaks when I get tired.  But it's also ok if pimento cheese is lumpy.  Cheesecake probably not so much.

At least the mixer witchy linked is pretty.  Target supposedly has them too.  I want a red one if I have to get one.

[Dagstag v 2.0]

It is in your best interest to have a mixer if you are making cheesecake. I guess a hand mixer would do, but my recipe necessitates a stand mixer so my arm doesn't fall off.

[Natasha]

I think you could use s blender.


You are more likely to die taking a selfie than by shark attack.

[rocketgirl]

I bought a hand mixer.  It is red.  It is pretty.  OMG it is amazing to beat cream cheese! 

Also, I am really, really slow when I make something I've never made before.  This cheesecake better be good.  And yes, I am altering the recipe of something I've never made before because I couldn't find the exact recipe I wanted.  (But I think I READ enough recipes that I am not screwing anything up.)

[rocketgirl]

The final cheesecake.  Not perfect, but still quite tasty.

[The Turtle Whisperer]

Looks great!