BURNT BASQUE CHEESECAKE RECIPE ZINE

For years now, many of you have been asking for my Burnt Basque Cheesecake recipe and it gave me a pretty obvious idea. Why not make a book of recipes? Fortunately my partner suggested a zine and presented some exciting ideas. And out of that, I got the idea to go with 10 of my favorite Burnt Basque Cheesecake flavors as well as sharing all of my secrets to get that perfectly creamy goodness.

I didn’t see dollar signs, I saw a chance to answer common questions and encourage everyone to try this delicious dessert at home.

You see, I hope this zine will allow my Austin clients (and everyone) to make their own Burnt Basque Cheesecakes since I won’t be able to bake for them anymore. I talk about community often, but truly all of you have been here and encouraged me for so long and all of you are so incredibly important to me.

Well, let me tell you a little more about the digital zine first:

• You’ll see 10 of my favorite recipes and most popular flavors with ingredients that should be easily sourced in many locations.
• There are equipment lists and suggestions.
• My personal cheat sheet of tips and tricks.
• A few simple and clear photos for reference.

In addition, I will be sharing how-to videos or YouTube tutorials in the upcoming months!

These will serve as a visual aid to the cookbooklet, helping you understand what the texture of the mixture should look like as well as all the other steps in the Burnt Basque Cheesecake making process; making the molds, mixing the batter, filling, baking, getting that burnt look and taste, and more!

Of course all of these plans depend upon material availability and the practical business logistics of that side of things. However, we are so incredibly excited to finish this project during this upcoming moving period.

Tom and I made the zine together from scratch as they say. I developed, wrote, edited, copy-edited, proofread, and tested the recipes over the last 5+ years. Tom did the photography, photo editing, design, typesetting, and layout. We’ve both had to learn so much and re-learn so much. What began as pencil and paper notes is cleaning up to be something so special and beautifully simple!

How Can People Get It?

Donation based contribution—give whatever you can or want! Whatever funds we raise from the sale of the zine will go right back into more zine making.

• We will have download links (pdf) for all others on Itch.io

The primary goal of the zine is to get the recipes into the hands of as many people as possible, so we only plan to charge $2.00.

We want it to be super accessible, but we also want to be able to devote much more time and energy to building this project into multiple chapters and a variety of exciting physical editions.

If you want to support us further, you can also add a donation/tip during purchase—it helps pay for coffee, domains, and the millions of little operational things we had no idea about when we first started this!

Table of Contents

My 10 favorite Burnt Basque Cheesecake recipes. All recipes are gluten-free in case anyone is curious. 

- My Original Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Dark Chocolate Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Dulce de Lech Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Pumpkin Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Coffee Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Lemon Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Black Sesame Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Mango Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Peanut Butter Burnt Basque Cheesecake

- Matcha Coconut Cream Burnt Basque Cheesecake

Making your own book from scratch to finish is no joke!

As an editor and food writer I am not new to the process of making a book from concept to final product but being a one man team (two man) makes things a lot harder.

This wouldn’t have been possible without my partner and his expertise as an artist, designer, art director, curator, and so much more. Tom and I love making zines and will continue to do so! We are so much more to learn and so much more to share. There will definitely be a borshch zine in the near future.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!