Monday, December 22, 2008

Cheesecake ahead

Confession: I've never made a cheesecake before--GASP!!

Two reasons: 1) Jason is just not that into cheesecake, but I am, and I didn't want a graham-cracker-crumb-covered, 3-blocks-of-cream-cheese pie in my fridge and me with a fork in my hand. 2) It intimidated me because too much was at stake; expensive ingredients, the better part of a morning, my *cough-cough* cooking reputation--all could go up in smoke, and I could end up with a dry, tasteless, cracked-top cheesecake that nobody but the compost pile would want to eat.

Saturday I faced my fears and tried this.

I made it for Jason's family Christmas, and nobody has died yet.

4 comments:

Deb said...

You are a braver woman than I!

Anonymous said...

Well, you can relax. Your cooking reputation remains intact :).. and the presentation was way better than the 2 I have tried. . which weren't dry and tasteless, but cracked and not done in the middle. Oh, and it tasted fabulous!!! Jan

Anonymous said...

maybe that's the diff ~ I don't have a *cough, cough* cooking reputation at stake . . . :)
way to attack it!!

Anonymous said...

such bravery! i wouldn't have expected less from you, though!