Success!

Turns out that my cake was a success!!! -well, as much as an ugly cheesecake can be.  Although I am TERRIBLY impatient and took it out of the oven before I was supposed to, it tasted FAN-FRIGGIN-TASTIC.  No one believed that I could make something from scratch [hell... neither did I] but I did and we ate it all.  I cut the recipe in half because it called for 4 boxes of cream cheese and I only had one box and one can of whipped.  I was really surprised how easy it was!  Score 1 for the Dish :]

I got the recipe from allrecipes.com and ONLY forgot one tiny tiny tiny TINNNY ingredient.  Oops.  I forgot to put the vanilla extract in - but you could not tell.  SO for anyone that cannot cook [like me] I recommend this recipe.  Almost fool-proof.

Here is the recipe and link:

Ingredients

• 15 graham crackers, crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
2. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
3. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours
   http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chantals-new-york-cheesecake/
   
   Kudos to you, Chantal. You know how to bake a cheesecake.
   I was going to post pics but let's just say that it looked like the Grand Canyon down the middle. Next time I will listen when it says to leave it in the oven so it does NOT crack. Ah well.
   
   NOW let's see what I can destroy for VD day [yes - VD day. I have always called it that] :]
   this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.