I Was Certain That I Would Disappoint...

...my friends at Supper Club the other night.

Generally, I am fairly confident in my cheesecake baking abilities.

I bake cheesecakes fairly regularly.  In fact I make one every other month for brunch and sometimes in between times for other functions.  I know exactly how to time them and when to check on them and it has nothing to do with the recipe's timings.

But that was in my old oven.  The one that cooked unevenly and 25 degrees hotter than it should.  That oven.

Even though I had great fun playing with my new oven all day Thursday, I hadn't actually baked a cheesecake in it until Friday night - the Friday night before Saturday's get together.

And this wasn't just any old cheesecake I was to bring.
This was not just my contribution to this month's Supper Club.
This was the birthday cake for our friend.

No pressure.

I followed the instructions down to the letter because I didn't know how this oven would cook it.  I knew I should have checked it before time - but I didn't.

The cheesecake was overcooked and there were cavernous cracks that looked like fault lines running in every direction on the surface; but, it turned out okay both in looks and taste.

Thankfully he likes turtle cheesecake which requires the entire top to be covered in chocolate and caramel.

Which brings us to several major life lessons:

• chocolate and caramel cover a multitude of sins
• when in doubt, cover it in chocolate and caramel
• everything is better with chocolate and caramel on it

Amen.


This is Day 9 of the Bloggy Moms Blog Dare.

Day 1 - My Holiday Wish
Day 2 - When Snow Begins to Fall
Day 3 - What We Tell (or Don't Tell) Our Children About Christmas
Day 4 - Acts of Kindness
Day 5 - What I Had Hoped to Accomplish With My Blog in 2012
Day 6 - I Don't Think You Understand
Day 7 - I Finally Gave In And...
Day 8 - The Look On Their Face Made It All Worth It