Sunday, February 8, 2009

Food Porn, G-rated (General-rated)

February 8, 2009

Cheesecake. I love making cheese cakes because they are pretty easy to make. I think they are pretty good because one of our friend said, "OH HELL NO, Any cheesecake available comes to my house. Every time I mention your name I get tortured that there wasn't enough." His family wanted the recipe, so I sent it to him. He said that, it's not just the recipe that makes the cake great, "it's the love you put into it that makes it great". Awwww.

The cheese cake probably takes 15 minutes active time max with a stand mixer. If you are taking pictures while making this, it may take up to 20 minutes.



(Above: Preparation of the crust)



(Above: The crust in a spring form pan)



(Above: Throw a little bit of this and that, and mix it)



(Above: The end result before baking)



(Above: The final end results).

*1 hour later* Darn the cheese cake looks horrible. Damn, the oven temperature was too high. There are cracks and it looks burnt. Note to self, make it 300 degrees, not 350 degrees. Oh well. Probably taste good though. Now I have to just let it sit for another 2 hours before it goes in the fridge.

*3 hours later* I decided to make another one because the first one is just unacceptable. So below is the final final result. I guess I have an oopsy one just for myself.



(Above: The final final cheese cake)

I cannot take credit for this recipe. I got it from my neighbor after she kindly baked me one. (Note the use of the word "I" not "we". Hubby just got a very small piece, and I inhaled it before he could have another small piece.) From then on, I've never looked at another cheese cake.

This cheese cake is will be going to someone who gave me the picture frame below. She received as a wedding present many many years ago, and have not used it. She says that they are real jade, and that I would like it. No comment.



(Above: Useful picture jade frame)

In return, I will be baking her a cheese cake with this plate. I received this plate from somebody for Christmas. What the hell am I going to do with this plate. So it's been sitting for three years or more in a box. Ahhh... bake a cheese cake and give it to our friend. First, she doesn't celebrate Christmas, and because it is February, she will either have to store it for another 10 months before she can re-gift it to somebody else or "accidentally" break it and throw it away.



(Above: Fugly plate, thanks but no thanks)

This is what the plate says:

"Friends and Family Plate(TM)
This plate shall have no owner
For its journey never ends.
It travels in the circle
Of our family and our friends.

It carries love from home to home
For everyone to share.
The food that's placed upon it
Is filled with love and care.

So please enjoy what's on this plate,
Then fill it up again,
And pass it along the love it holds,
To family and your friends."

Bahhh humbug. The retail price of this is $30.00. Damn. Somebody's making a fortune. If there was food when I received it, yeah, it would have made it just a little bit better. But no, it came in a cardboard box with no food. Good riddance. If you are interested it more products similar to this plate feel free to go to http://www.waxcessories.com/ to buy it. Just don't send me one.

Quilt & Bitch

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