all of a sunday afternoon

a couple of sundays ago:

the work of midnight to 4am

after church while I was baking

tada!

cheesecake with strawberries

so I bought my own fluted angel food pan and tried it out

and it totally failed

sad day

the bottom burned, the top wouldn't crack right, the whole outer layer was tough

it still tasted yummy

but I couldn't stand how it looked.

so I shaved it.

yum cake guts

shaved

story about the 7 minute frosting:

I made it using a make-shift double boiler

just from 2 pots that fit just right so that the water wouldn't touch the pot

but apparently something with the 2 types of metal made the top pot expand

so essentially I had a pressure cooker going with no outlet

I was so freaked out it was going to explode and burn my face off or something

but I kept the heat on just long enough to cook it

then shut it off and kept beating it

the peaks could have been a little stiffer, but it worked

successful 7 minute frosting! huzzah!

beautiful.

but most importantly- delicious.