There’s Nothing Factory About These Cheesecakes
I can pinpoint the exact moment when I caught the baking bug. It was when I was seven years old, looking through the window of my yellow easy-bake oven and waiting for the lightbulb to finish baking my brownies and other small cakes. Since that second, baking (and secondly cooking) has been one of my passions.
Fast forward to adulthood, and I still love to bake. I think it’s the whole creative process of making something from scratch. Finding just the right combination of ingredients or the little tweaks to a recipe that really pushes something from good to delectable.
Although I enjoy baking everything from cookies to layer cakes, I especially love making homemade cheesecakes and have been perfecting the art for over 20 years. I admit that in the beginning, my cheesecakes weren’t perfect. They’d come out of the oven cracked, not done (or overdone), or just a plain disaster. In those early days, many cheesecakes met their early demise in the garbage can!
The Art of Cheesecake Refinement
Over the years, as I refined my cheesecake-making skills, I learned that I had to take time and have patience. Making homemade cheesecakes wasn’t something I could rush. I learned that the ingredients had to be at just the right temperature. Then, I experimented with different flavors of toppings and crusts. Over time, I found what worked best and what to avoid.
When I was happy with my results, I started sharing my homemade cheesecakes during holiday parties and work potlucks. Then, friends and family began asking me to make cheesecakes for their special occasions – anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, you name it! I was christened the “Cheesecake Lady,” and I wear the nickname proudly.
Baking is a Labor of Love
In 2020, the pandemic hit, and I found myself with extra time on my hands. I kept myself busy by developing new cheesecake and crust flavors. A good friend and co-worker asked me to make a cheesecake for her daughter’s birthday (of course, I said yes!). She posted the cheesecake with a review on social media, and the response was incredible. I suddenly had more requests, and the homemade cheesecake movement was gaining momentum. I decided it was time to put a name on my cheesecakes, and Confectious Desserts was born.
Making cheesecakes has always been a labor of love, and there’s nothing that makes me happier than seeing clients take a bite, close their eyes, and savor the flavor. I’ve even seen videos of client family members scraping the plate to get every last morsel.
So to you and all the eaters out there, I hope you enjoy every decadent and creamy forkful, spoonful, and fingerful. And never be ashamed to lick the plate!
