White Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cheesecake

Also known as the cheesecake that had in me in tears and cursing at 9:30 a.m. Oh, and also convinced me to give up baking forever... or well, for at least a day or two.

Remember a few months ago when I said I had never attempted to make a real cheesecake? Anything that required a cake to be "bathed" in water completely intimidated me. That is until I saw this gorgeous cheesecake from Baked By Rachel. With a week off from work, and a holiday gathering to attend, I decided it was time for me to tackle a cheesecake.

So what went wrong with this seemingly gorgeous cheesecake that caused me to have an early morning kitchen meltdown? What didn't happen is more like it.

A White Halloween

Source: cakeinfo.blogspot.com via Amber on Pinterest

My roommate and I had been planning a Halloween party since we moved into our apartment two months ago. We set the date, sent out a Facebook invitation and covered our apartment from top to bottom in Halloween decor. I went to three costume stores in search of the perfect costume, only to settle on a homemade costume instead. I scoured Pinterest and some of my favorite blogs to come up with the ideas for cute treats for our guests to enjoy.

And then, Snowtober hit. Five inches of snow and widespread power outages led us to postpone our party until November 12.

So, our Halloween decorations will stay up for two more weeks. And our neighbors will probably think we're crazy when our guests show up in costumes, mid-November.

Here are just a few of the things we had up our sleeves for the party.