So last night I whipped up a lemon-swirl cheesecake with graham cracker crust, following a recipe I found online that uses lemon curd. My grocery store just started carrying it in jars, and I had no experience with it but it sounded so good. The prep time was about average; then it bakes for the better part of an hour. Judging from how delicious the batter tasted, this was going to be a favorite of mine. I took it out of the oven at 11:15 pm. It had to cool completely (as in, two hours) before refrigerating to keep the top from cracking or collecting condensation. So I settled in and fell asleep on the couch... and miraculously woke up two hours later to put it away. Everything was going great!
Flash forward to this morning. I remembered to bring the cheesecake to work and was so excited to spring it on Gin as soon as she arrived. But as 9:00 came and went, I started to worry. So I checked her calendar... and saw that she was taking VACATION today! @#%!!
The cheesecake *could* keep until Monday, but it wouldn't be as good. So I emailed the department:
"Let's all celebrate Ginny's birthday... without Ginny.
My plans to surprise Ginny with a homemade cheesecake today
backfired: I neglected to check her calendar (duh!) and didn't realize
that she was taking PTO today. Soooooo..... I have a lemon swirl
cheesecake that I'll break out after lunch and put on the table
outside my office. Please have a slice in Ginny's honor."
Gary and Gary conspired with me on these photos:
Open wide for a virtual bite of your birthday cheesecake!
Everyone seemed to enjoy the cheesecake enough that it is DEFINITELY a do-over, so I guess I have to thank Ginny, because now I'll get to eat some... TWICE!Here's Gary's take on it:
hahahahaha, that's awesome! :) I'm sure she's bummed that she didn't get to try it-she looooooves cheesecake!
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