It all started when I was assigned to bring dessert to our Valentine's day party. Usually a potluck menu is put together, and each mom goes in and chooses the dish they would like to contribute. This time the leader just assigned desserts to myself and a friend of mine. Honestly, I was a little annoyed at being tasked with desserts without being asked first, and my husband thought I should be passive aggressive and just take something store bought. However, even though I would have rather chosen my dish (and perhaps I would have chosen desserts, I don't know), I decided I would bake some mini cheesecakes to take with me since that is what has been mentioned to me in the past from some of the moms in my group.
These cheesecakes were my Valentine's creation although I did get my inspiration from other sources. This is where I took the recipe for the graham cracker crust and the cheesecake filing: Cheesecake Recipe. Originally I was intrigued by this site: Cheesecake Decorations; however, I am not a fan of Nilla Wafer crusts...I would much prefer the from scratch graham cracker crust, so I took the best of both worlds and combined some of the ideas. I may be in the minority, but I cannot stand the canned cherry pie filling, so I wanted something different to top my cheesecakes with, so when I saw the ganache and strawberry, I had to go for it, and it worked perfectly for Valentine's day. In fact I had planned on using raspberries instead, but the store was all sold out of them when I bought my ingredients, so I settled for the strawberries...I know, not much to complain about, right? You may or may not be able to tell from my picture, but I added the ganache topping and then had to attend to my little boys, so I popped them into the fridge...not knowing how quickly I would get back to them. When I returned to put the strawberries on top, the ganache had hardened, so I just used the room temperature ganache to "glue" the strawberry halves on top.
The cheesecakes went over extremely well! I had compliments from everyone who tried them. Someone even said it was the best cheesecake they had ever eaten! So relatively simple too! It doesn't take the time commitment of a full size cheesecake, and it is nice to have them in individual serving sizes instead of having to cut and distribute multiple slices...perfect for any party! Also you could use any cheesecake filling/topping and be completely creative with the presentation.
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