It's a Baby Cheesecake, baby!

I made my "Baby Girl Cheesecake" today. It got it's name one year when everyone I knew (it seemed!) was having baby girls. So I made these cute 6-inch raspberry swirl cheesecakes with raspberries and white chocolate curls on top and took these to all my friends who had babies, along with something for them to warm up for dinner.

Well, my friends who had baby boys did not like the "Baby Girl Cheesecake" name and requested that it be renamed the "Baby Cheesecake". Today I took one of the "Baby Cheesecakes" to a dear friend who had a baby boy. I am not sharing the recipe because it is a big pain to make and half of the time it causes me great frustration ( why do I keep making it!?). I figured I could lose some readers by posting such a pain of a recipe. One of these days I will sit down and rework the whole recipe to make it more manageable and less frustrating, but for now, I wanted to share why I think the Baby Cheesecake is such a hit:

First and foremost, it is a cheesecake. For whatever reason,  most people love cheesecake and are impressed by it. But another primary reason the Baby Cheesecake is such a hit with new moms is it's presentation. It is all fancied up with berries and chocolate curls and shavings and then has cellophane bunched up around it and tied with a gazillion ribbons. Anyone who sees it coming just feels like there's something to celebrate! (And when the Baby Cheesecake arrives, there IS something to celebrate: a baby!)

Taking extra time to make beautiful treats and taking extra time for extra-special wrapping of treats is part of what makes them memorable. It also makes the recipient  feel valued.  When someone spends their precious  time to make something very unnecessary for someone else, it shows that they think the recipient is important and is worth spending time on. And that's part of why I love making classy treats. Everyone loves a little extra-special attention. And every new mom who sees a Baby Cheesecake coming has a huge smile on her face. I guess THAT's why I keep making this recipe.