Cooking with whey powder: WHAT am I doing wrong?

Crystal_Pistol
Crystal_Pistol Posts: 750 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I just made minicheesecakes. The batter was DELISH. Put it in the oven, baked accoring to directions, and there it was: the DISGUSTING taste of cooked protein powder. That taste, that texture...:sick:

I can drink it as shakes ALL DAY LONG. I can add it to oatmeal and LOVE it.

I used GNC AMP, 1 scoop only, in the batter. Am I doing something wrong or does heat just destroy whey in a terrible way?

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  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
    You might try reducing the baking time, I've found whey bakes quickly and when it's overdone is very dry and tastes wrong.

    Baking may denature the whey protein, I've never really looked it up before.
  • Sean_The_IT_Guy
    Sean_The_IT_Guy Posts: 168
    try finding some refrigerator cheesecake receipes. Ones that don't need to be baked at all.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    try finding some refrigerator cheesecake receipes. Ones that don't need to be baked at all.

    Yeah, many cheesecake recipes only need a baked crust--making just the "filling" is easily done without baking. I wonder if you popped your batter into the fridge (or even freezer) for a few hours how it would turn out.
  • Crystal_Pistol
    Crystal_Pistol Posts: 750 Member
    Unbaked cheesecakes taste fake to me. Texture is off. Thanks for the suggestions though.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    1 scoop added to a cheesecake isn't going to be enough to make much of a difference nutritionally--I would omit it and stick to shakes. Alternatively make a no-bake cheesecake and you won't have that problem.


    whoops--just saw that you don't want a no-bake .

    So I'd say just leave it out. Even if it was 8 servings that's like an extra...what? 3 grams of protein? Not worth it really.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    1 scoop added to a cheesecake isn't going to be enough to make much of a difference nutritionally--I would omit it and stick to shakes.

    So I'd say just leave it out. Even if it was 8 servings that's like an extra...what? 3 grams of protein? Not worth it really.

    Agreed. I've tried adding whey to a few things, and unless you are adding 100+g, the difference when you look at serving size is generally pretty insignificant.
  • Dlacenere
    Dlacenere Posts: 198 Member
    I cook with whey and rice protein a lot. You have to undercook it slightly and it will taste good in my experience

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