Battle Cheesecake was the most delicious battle I have ever been in! It was lots of fun. Fancy was completely worn out, as you can see.
The votes broke down to K winning the fruit and unusual category and I won the chocolate. Overall, it was a tie though. There was a tied vote on the fruit category. Here are all the cheesecakes.
I was a little distracted and didn’t get close-ups of K’s cheesecakes. They are the top ones.
I just want to take a moment to brag that I fit 6 full size cheesecakes in the fridge. 
Who knew my stackable cooling racks would be so handy?
We had seven people attend. We cut tiny slices and put the three categories together. K brought meatballs and we had a salad from the garden lettuce which exploded into growth. Everyone voted anonymously and a friend counted the votes for us. I had a lovely set of kitchen towels and some rubber spatulas for prizes. I kept the jar of jam which was the third prize.
Here are K’s recipes. She made a Death By Chocolate from Delish.com, a Thimbleberry (with four Yoopers in the room, she totally won this one,) based on the Blueberry recipe from Rae-Gun Ramblings, and a tiramisu one from Allrecipes.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7757/tiramisu-cheesecake/
https://www.raegunramblings.com/2010/04/recipe-blueberry-white-chocolate.html
She took out the white chocolate and subbed thimbleberry jam for the homemade blueberry jam in the recipe. Also had a thimbleberry mousse on top.
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a50419/death-by-chocolate-cheesecake-recipe/
Her cheesecakes were softer than mine, more mousse texture. They were all delicious and I think her chocolate one was definitely smoother than mine. I had lumps! 
Here are my cheesecake recipes. I tried to find some in my cookbooks, but am apparently low on baking cookbooks.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough from Delish.com.
The Husband casually sent me this recipe on a list and there was a strong suggestion that I try it. He enjoyed it, but felt it was missing something. This cheesecake must have weighed 5 pounds.
Raspberry Swirl from Martha Stewart. https://www.marthastewart.com/340227/raspberry-swirl-cheesecake
The raspberry puree doesn’t go deep enough for me. It was softer, possibly slightly under baked. Pretty good though. I would make it again.
Kahlua Chocolate Cheesecake by Baker By Nature. https://bakerbynature.com/kahlua-chocolate-cheesecake/
I used homemade kahlua from my Mom. It was good, but not as smooth as I would like. It was topped with a bittersweet chocolate ganache. Mmmm…. chocolate.
It was fun and I would totally do cooking challenges again. We think the Husbands were a little more serious about it than we were. I think we both used mostly new recipes. It was a fun excuse to have a smaller party and have quality friend time.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s Shark Week and The Great White Abyss is on. Have a great night!
