Remember the one where Rachel and Chandler eat cheesecake off the floor?

Cheesecake Day has officially been added to the books.

'The books' being 'the big fat list of made up holidays celebrated by the Willys'.

Well, [pats belly] it was a good one. My first cheesecake was a delicious success. Chocolate raspberry cheesecake with oreo cookie crust, raspberry almond whipped cream and fresh raspberries. Incredible.

We ended up with 9 people and 3 huge cheesecakes.

The perfect ratio of stomachs to forks, and an ample allowance for leftovers.


Top left:
Lovely Tia graced us with a Twix cheesecake. Caramel and chocolate cookies + cheesecake? Yes, please. Creamy. Caramely. Calorie free. ---or at least that's what we told our guests to get them to come eat cake all night with us. It worked. bwahahaha!

Middle:
mine (recipe compliments of my sister-in-law, Ashley the cake whisperer)

Bottom:
Kasey must have been feeling the need to pay friendship dues because she brought my all time favorite: Her famous New York cheesecake with the equally famous pomegranate sauce. I am already watching for a cream cheese sale so she can bake another.

I ran out of room on my teeny tiny plate.

Question(s): Who invented the dessert plate? Why is it so dang small? What is the point of this ridiculousness?

In other news:
-it was 113* yesterday.
-there are 7 more days of +100 degree weather headed my way.
-it is 108* in Bella Vista and only 105* in Phoenix, Az---and they don't get winter in Phoenix.
-I'm pretty sure it is only 107* in Hell.
-I am almost out of cake.