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So glad to see that I'm not alone :)

I ONLY bake at night.... there's just something so soothing about whipping up a batch of cupcakes before bedtime.

Aw, thanks for all the sweet comments. You made me feel A LOT better!

As for a recipe, I really don't have one. I just whizzed some gingersnaps in the food processor, added some melted butter and pressed it into a tart pan, going halfway up the sides of the pan. Then I baked it at 350 F for 5 minutes, just to help solidify it.

Once it was cool, in my Kitchenaid I put 8 oz mascarpone cheese and 4 oz of cream cheese. I mixed until smooth, then added about 1/2 c powdered sugar and mixed that in. Then added in 3/4 c heavy cream and a splash of vanilla, along with the seeds of a vanilla bean. Mixed until light and fluffy (will take a few mins for the cream to mix with the cheese.)

Poured into the cooled crust, smoothed the top, then added fresh sliced peaches in a rosette pattern. Heated 2 tablespoons of peach jam in the micro just until warm, then used a pastry brush to gently brush over the peaches for a light glaze.

Et Voila! A delicious tart that only needed the oven to be on for 5 minutes. Perfect for summer.

Not to ruin the hot guy fantasy mood, but shouldn't the title of the post be "ladies" and not "laddies," since laddie refers to a young man?

Two words: Cheesecake Milkshake.

I live in California and I buy them all the time from Trader Joe's.

I *adore* maraschino cherries. I haven been known to eat an entire jar of them with a fork in one sitting, then pour 7up in the leftover juice and drink that.

...I just realized how weird that is.