02/03/2011

I have been busy bee today, food shopping, class & cleaning. My sister, her sweety, & my uncle is coming this weekend. I am so happy & can not wait. I have this habit that I have to have my house clean from top to bottom before someone can come over. I have to everything clean or I feel like my underwear are out on display. But if everything is clean I feel a sense of ease, like very thing is ok just to have people wander about. That & its a sense of pride for me too. 

Someone had his things on two different levels of the house & I am making him put them away. He is not happy to give up the territory he had claimed & I am not sympathetic. He knows its too. LOL! Now I just have to have him clean out the loft & spare bedroom. Fun, fun, fun. But I am getting a new top for my island out of the deal. I am so excited. Its pained black right now, but I am getting a red oak top for it. I can't wait.It will look like a butchers block. So nice.

I had my Admin one class today & found out that one of the guys I have another class with & a project with is dropping out of school. So it will be just two of us doing the project. I don't mine I like the guy, but its nice to have more then two minds. Sigh. Plus he looked like Jo-Jo from Horton Hears a Who! I am so not kidding. He was really quite too so it totally helped me remember him. sa la vie! I wish him well. 
  

I am thinking of making this this weekend. I winder how my sister will like it. LOL!

Chocolate Fudge cheesecake

Ingredients:

Chocolate crumb crust:

• 1 ½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• ½ cup powder sugar
• 1/3 cup natural coco powder
• 1/3 cup melted butter

Preheat the oven to 300°. Combine all the ingredients & mix well. Press the crust mix into a greased spring-form pan. Bake for 15min. Remove from oven.

Ingredients:

Cream Cheese Filling:

• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 24oz cream cheese
• 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

In a double boiler, heavy bottomed small saucepan or heat proof bowel place over a pan of boiling water, melt the chocolate chips stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add the cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk & vanilla; stir to combine. Slightly stir the eggs in a bowl & combine with the chocolate. Blend well. Pour the mixture into the crust. In a large roasting pan, place a towel, then the cake & pour boiling water 2/3 the way up the spring-form pan. Bake at 300° for about 1hour or 1 hour & 10min. Turn the oven off, open the door & let the cake stand for 10mins. Then place on cooling rack. Leave the roasting pan till completely cooled, then dump out the water. While the cake is still hot, carefully run a thin knife around the edge to make sure it does not stick to the pan. Cool completely & serve.

Prep: 30mins

Baking: 60-70mins

Serves: 16