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    Home » Recipes » Amish Cakes

    The Amish Cook: Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

    Published: May 10, 2022 · Updated: May 12, 2022 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

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    Mocha Cheesecake
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    This article is a part of "The Amish Cook Column", a weekly series of featuring a story & recipe from Gloria Yoder, Amish wife & mother of six from Flat Rock, Illinois

    “Time goes on – mercifully, time goes on, and we stand amazed. God – we don’t know all the in’s and out’s, we don’t understand all the why’s. But we know You are God. You are good, and You will sustain Gloria & her children. Even when our hearts ache and are fill of tears… even when at times it seems brutal – yet deep down, we know that, we know, that God is good ”  

    Jump to:
    • 📸 Editor's Notes and Photos
    • 🍰 Frozen Mocha Cheesecake
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🍰 More Amish Cheesecakes
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

               
    The above was my journal entry from this week and, yes,  God has been our lifeline through this difficulty journey. Along with that, Gloria and her little flock, and we, have been blessed with an outpouring of love and prayers. On her behalf (it means so much to me, too!), here’s a BIG THANK YOU & BLESSINGS TO YOU, for the hundreds of cards, monetary gifts, other gifts, and for all the love and care.  It’s been so heartwarming, so much like a cozy blanket, cushioning the grief of Daniel’s sudden passing in April.

                On Wednesday, my husband David and I were blessed to be at Julia and Austin’s school program. The scholars had all been homeschooled, yet one of the Church couples organized a program, and got together with the children, to practice. Plus, each family with scholars was responsible to find a poem, and memorize it. It was a touching program, with a theme on “Hope”. Bravely, (and ever so clearly), Julia and Austin recited their poem together…

                In one corner of the room, was a special place, in memory of Daniel, with flowers, candles, and a wall motto. My mother heart ached when I saw Gloria sitting in the crowd with her little ones, and no Daniel by her side. Yet deep down I knew that she is “okay” – she has the Lord as her ever present refuge. She is “okay” even though she is going through a valley of grief such as she has never, ever, faced before. Every way she turns there are Daniel memories because he was such a vital part of her life, and the children’s lives. She has chosen to face it squarely, and desires that her children do too, rather than trying to run from it. She talks about Daddy, again and again, to them, from 10 year old Julia, to almost 2 year old Joshua. But then there are also times that she needs space for herself, to process, to grieve, to meditate, to pray.

                Coming back to the program, after the last poem was recited, and the last song was sung, it was lunchtime. The children are always so relieved to have the program past! Why, Julia told me she was so nervous when she and Austin recited their poem, that she couldn’t hear her own voice!

    Lunch was scrumptious – haystacks, and a variety of frozen desserts. After lunch, the scholars 5th-8 th grade), the youth, and the young at heart players softball.

    In another smaller ball diamond, a most unique game was being played. The 1st-4th grades played ball against their moms. They used a bigger, softer ball. There really was no reason to count strikes for the younger children, or to keep score. It was simply a time of fun and run!

    A wide variety of finger foods, and even some meatballs, graced the snack table. It was a good day, in spite of the fresh reminder that someone who had always been there, was missing. Missing from our presence, yet we have the glad assurance that Daniel is very much alive in the Presence of God.

                I’ll share a recipe of one of the frozen desserts served at the school program. You will love it!

    📸 Editor's Notes and Photos

    Food traditions vary from Amish settlement to Amish settlement. What is popular in one may not be popular in another. In the Flat Rock, Illinois, cheesecakes are king. This is a New Order Amish settlement and gas-powered freezers are common and that is what reason homemade cheesecakes might be so popular.

    The ingredients for this cheesecake are pretty basic but, wow, they come together to make a great cake!

    You can use a stand-mixer, a hand-mixer, or a spoon!

    Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

    You can use store-bought Oreos or a generic version, it'll all be good either way!

    Mocha Cheesecake

    🍰 Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

    Crust:

    • 1 ¼ c. crushed, Oreo cookies
    • ¼ c butter, melted

    Cake:

    • 2 (8oz.) cream cheese, softened
    • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
    • ¼ c. chocolate syrup
    • 2 tsp. instant coffee
    • 1 Tbsp. hot water
    • 16 oz. Cool Whip

    📋 Instructions

    1. Crust: Combine cookie crumbs and butter. Reserve ¾ cup crumbs for top. Press in bottom of 9x13 pan.
    2. Beat cream cheese, condensed milk and chocolate syrup until smooth.
    3. Dissolve coffee in hot water and add to cream cheese mixture.
    4. Fold in Cool Whip.
    5. Pour over crust and sprinkle with remaining ¾ crumbs.
    6. Cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight.

    🍰 More Amish Cheesecakes

    White Chocolate and Lemon Cheesecake

    Frozen Cheesecake

    Oven-Baked Cheesecake

    🖨️ Full Recipe

    Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

    Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

    a delicious dessert!
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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    Crust

    • 1 ¼ cup crushed, Oreocookies
    • ¼ cup butter, melted

    Cake

    • 2 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened
    • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
    • ¼ cup chocolate syrup
    • 2 tsp. instant coffee
    • 1 Tbsp. hot water
    • 16 oz. Cool Whip

    Instructions
     

    • Crust:Combine cookie crumbs and butter. Reserve ¾ cup crumbs for top. Press in botoomof 9x13 pan.

    Cake

    •   Beat cream cheese, condensed milk and chocolate syrup until smooth.
      Dissolvecoffee in hot water and add to cream cheese mixture.
         Fold inCool Whip.
       Pour overcrust and sprinkle with remaining ¾ crumbs.  b
    • Cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight.
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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