It Rained! (Also, I made a cheesecake)

For my final dish, I decided to make a Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake. My mother and sister have been making this dessert on holidays for years, and I thought it would be nice to try to make the cheesecake myself.

I have never been confident in my cooking abilities, but my sister was kind enough to supervise me and make sure I didn’t make any mistakes (that couldn’t be corrected). Our food processor was not large enough to contain all of the ingredients at once, so I had to make several smaller, messier batches and then try to mix them together and give them some consistency. After turning the kitchen into one large mess, I was finally able to start putting the cheesecake together. The “crust” on the bottom of the cake was made out of crushed Oreo cookies, and on top of the cake, several handfuls of chocolate drops were added.
Ironically, I think the most stressful part of the whole process was when I pulled the cheesecake out to cool. I was worried that I had forgotten some ingredient or that I hadn’t let the cheesecake bake for long enough, I even found myself worrying if I had let the cheesecake cool too much before placing it into the refrigerator.
In the end, the cheesecake came out fine, and it went perfect with a cup of coffee and getting to watch some overdue rain fall on the backyard.