a little bit of a LOT: Day Off Project # 1: Cheesecake

Working at the hospital has been taken the bulk of my time for the past few weeks, so I've been cramming all my activities during my day offs. There are so many things I want to do, make jewelry, make desserts, cook, do my nails, learn new hairstyles, read new books, etc. So many activities, so little time. I've been procrastinating with all the things I wanted to do. And since it is a new year, kind of, I want to start doing the things I want. And for my first project, CHEESECAKE!

I LOVE CHEESECAKE! It's my all time favorite cake, even though technically it's not a cake. I guess that's why I love it so much. For the longest time I've wanted to learn how to make it. And now the time has come for me to make it. I searched the internet for recipes on how to make a no-bake cheesecake because we don't have an oven. It wasn't that hard. I followed the recipe on the first link. My next obstacle is to buy the ingredients. At first I was anxious because I didn't know where to buy the cream cheese. To my great surprise, the supermarket has it. haha, thank you SM!

My ingredients

I started with the crust. I used whole graham crackers, that was my mistake. I should've bought the crushed one. It took me a long time to crush the crackers, about an hour I think. After crushing the crackers, I mixed it with the sugar and butter and molded them onto the pie pan. After that, I placed them in the ref to chill. The next thing to prepare is the cheesecake. It was pretty simple. Just mix in the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract and the cream. Pour the mixture on to the crust and chill for a few hours. But since I finished everything after midnight, I let the cheesecake chill overnight.

The crust looks rugged here. I think I put too much sugar that's why it's crumbly. The cake looks plain right now, but after putting the topping, I think it looks quite delicious. What do you think?