Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

dust with cinnamon or chocolate sauce!

dust with cinnamon or chocolate sauce!

When I emailed my ma-in-law to tell her I was cooking a Canadian Thanksgiving meal, her response was: ‘Don’t do any squash. [Hubs] hates squash….in all its forms.”

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Mango Raspberry Cheesecake

yes, I made it extra sinful with a chocolate ganache. No, I’m not sorry

This began life as Guava and Mango Cheesecake. But then, despite living in a country where guava are extremely plentiful (they’re practically raining from the skies), the only guavas at my local store were three measly, hard, under-ripe specimens that failed to inspire.

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Raspberry Chocolate Torte

I almost did hearts on top but stopped myself just in time

So I was a little unsure what to name this delicious creation. It’s kind of like if a chocolate torte and a raspberry cheesecake got together and had a yummy baby but I can’t very well post something called ‘Torte Cheesecake Offspring‘ can I?

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Love is…a slice of strawberry swirl cheesecake

not all the berries made it to the photoshoot, some were too busy hanging out in my belly

Every Valentine’s Day, like some sort of developmentally-arrested but still highly-functioning madwoman, I make my husband a card.

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