With the temps in the upper 80's around here
I've been craving a nice cold dessert.
I know I'm late in the game but I was
craving something strawberry flavored.
To be more specific, I wanted a
strawberry cheese cake.
I didn't want to heat up the house by turning
on the oven so I went looking for a no bake version.
It was an easy recipe that I found and whipped together in no time.
The hardest part was letting it sit in the freezer for 2 hours
before we could dig into it.
Hubby saw it sitting in the refrigerator as I was getting
ready to snap a few pictures of it and exclaimed,
"Oh my God you are trying to kill me."
I chuckled at him because
I'm used to him saying that to me.
My intent is definitely not to kill him
but to fulfill my desire to bake and be creative.
The bad part about it is he can't resist
anything I make because it looks and smells so good.
We had high hopes for this cheesecake.
I'll be very truthful though.
This no bake version didn't have much
strawberry taste. It was kinda bland.
It wasn't bad, it just wasn't
what I was expecting it to taste like.
Even though I added a teaspoon of strawberry
extract to it, it was still lacking something.
I was expecting more
of a traditional baked cheesecake flavor and texture.
I think it would have been better had I used
fresh picked strawberries instead of store
bought strawberries. But, strawberry season
is over so I had to use what I had access to.
It sure looked pretty and smelled good though.
It just goes to show that,
Sometimes you win some
and sometimes you lose some.
Luckily the wins far outweigh the loses.
No sense stressing over it though,
just let it go and move onto the next creation.
That's it for now.
Until Next Time,
Veronica
