Cheesecake and I have a love-hate relationship. It’s not that I don’t like to eat cheesecake, I love it, but I fail at baking it. Towards the end of Fatima’s pregnancy, she started to crave cheesecake. A few Magnolia Red Velvet Cheesecakes later, she still had her cravings. Even after our son was born, the cheesecake cravings remained. She was looking for a true New York Style Cheesecake. Fatima says the best…
This Cookie Monster Cheesecake was originally published on June 7, 2013. We updated the photos and made a few edits to the story below. “C” is for cookie! Cookie Monster is my favorite Sesame Street character. Maybe it’s my love for the color blue or the addiction to chocolate chip cookies, but we were destined to be best friends. I couldn’t tell you how many Cookie Monster stuffed animals I…
Close your eyes and think of a time when you were outside during the peak of fall. If you can think of a time when you were in the northeast (dare I say New England?) then you’ll be more in tune to what I’m describing. Feel the crisp autumn air around you, listen to the ruffling of the leaves scraping the road as they tumble away, and the smell of…
We were so obsessed with Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cheesecake that we wanted to make our own. Last week we featured a to-die-for Cookie Monster Cheesecake. We adapted it from this very simple cheesecake recipe. We made this delicious Red Velvet Cheesecake before making the Cookie Monster one, and learned from our mistakes. We never used a water bath when we made the red velvet cheesecake, it cracked and dried a…
We love cheesecake. Why not take this delicious dessert and make it bite-size? Very easy to make. Be sure to give yourself some time to bake and then let sit in the fridge. We sort of modified our other recipe to make these. You’ll need a mini muffin tin if you want to make these itty bitty… BTW – this recipe is great for a normal sized cheesecake, too! Just use…