So when I started getting entries for HHDD#10 Cheesecake, I was surprised at how many people had never made a cheesecake before. Though my own mother has never either! So I was really touched that so many people entered the contest who had never made a cheesecake before...very brave and I hope you learned that making a cheesecake is not that hard to do! I could not help but think of what cheesecake I would have made had I been able to enter the contest. I had a lot of ideas. After my Samoas cheesecake, several people asked me to make a Thin Mint cheesecake(I am actually thinking about making a Thin Mint cupcake instead)...but I wasn't in a minty mood. I thought about an orange mascarpone one...no mascarpone cheese in the apartment. What I did have was apples though. I love caramel apples. So something involving caramel apples was it. I didn't just want a plain cheesecake with caramel apples on top. Luckily I had a bag of toffee bits...and I thought, "how perfect." I had really wanted … [Read more...]