# Tempura cheesecake **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tempura-cheesecake/253132 "2010-07-05T20:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tempura-cheesecake/253132/8 "2010-07-11T18:17:50Z")
> [@giggitygiggitygiggitygiggitygiggitygiggity](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/giggitygiggitygiggitygiggitygiggitygiggity/33357/34): > > What the heck is tempura? Tempura: Popular Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered and deep fried. Common dish is tempura shrimp w/ vegetables Americanized versions include surrounding cake, ice cream, etc with this batter mix. Sample: photo of tempura ice cream ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Tempura_IceCream.JPG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/4/a4aebbaf96cf727b7a509d7e1dbec1e024cf733e.jpeg) More: > **[Tempura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempura)** > > Tempura (天ぷら or 天麩羅, tenpura, \[tempɯɾa\]) is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep fried. > A light batter is made of iced water, eggs, and soft wheat flour (cake, pastry or all-purpose flour). Sometimes baking soda or baking powder is added to make the fritter light. Using sparkling water in place of plain water has a similar effect. Tempura batter is traditionally mixed in small batches using chopsticks for only a f... --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tempura-cheesecake/253132)._