Supposed to be, yeah. The examples vids I watched have the color ranging all the way from a light tan to a black. No matter which color they get, they say "it's supposed to look like that" so who knows what is 'right'?
re that Basque Cheesecake I made: I though it wasn't sweet enough and that mom didn't like it which was very disappointing because it was intended as a birthday treat. Last night I went to get some for dessert and couldn't find it. Turns out she had trimmed all the burnt parts off and eaten it herself! Guess she did like it after all. We're already discussing tweaks for the next one.