Celebrations

This weekend has been very special for us since it was June 4th again.

Time for celebration x 2.

Saturday was our 3rd wedding anniversary. :)

 

But of course it was also Ace's 2nd birthday.

With Markus' parents in town, we had decided against a big party but just opted for coffee and cake at home.

Checking out the cake...

This year Ace got the idea of blowing out a candle and did his best, but in the end he needed some help from mom and grandma. ;)
(No worries Ace, we made a wish for you on your behalf.. ;))

Then it was time to unwrap the presents...
Let me just say: He got a lot of Duplo. ;)

Eventually it was cake time and since it was Key Lime Cake, Markus was in heaven [insert angel trumpets here], however Ace did not care.

He just picked at his slice for a minute, but didn't even want to eat one bite.

Finally he handed me the plate and asked for an orange instead.

This child is hilarious!

First cheesecake

I love to bake. After preparing the batter and waiting for the cake to do its thing in the oven, it is just fun to take it out, see how nice it looks and let the cake aroma fill the kitchen and living area. Not to mention that it is very rewarding to see when people are eating it in delight once it has cooled.  :)

I have never tried to make a cheesecake though although in our house that kind of cake is certainly the number 1.

Until yesterday. 

I've been collecting different recipes for a long time.. years even. But yeah, it stayed with collecting since we had not been blessed with a proper oven in the past apartments. They did the job with baking fries and the occasional banana bread since Markus likes the latter very moist anyways, but after an apple pie disaster a few months ago I pretty much was too upset to try anything again. 

But now we moved to a new place and we finally got a stove/oven that works well. Yay! Additionally, I stumbled upon a new blog full of appealing recipes: My Baking Addiction

And sure enough, the first post I saw was about Jamie's recipe for The Best Cheesecake.

So I decided to give it a try since it looked easy enough and indeed it was.

I had no issues, except that I was a little unsure about when to take it out so that it did not have to much "jiggle" still. This caused the cake to get some brown spots on the top since it was in the oven for 5 min too long. But the taste was not affected. ;)

Last night at midnight, the cake was ready to go into the fridge to chill.
The recipe asked for 5 hours before serving. So I went to bed and was looking forward to check it out in the morning.

I had planned to take pic of the cake before we cut it, but while I was asleep, "somebody" had to "check" if it was ready by poking a hole into it... (I am assuming it was either the snake or the bunny.) So because of that, I can only show off the photo Neal took of his slice at work.. ;)

In any event - this cake is soo good! Definitely a keeper!