I’m a Pinterest junkie. I pin everything and anything, really. I even have a tendency to make probably 5% of all I pin, that’s capable of being made. Usually food items first, but a craft or two slips in. I want to be more active so I’ve decided to try to do two a month, one food, one craft.

I’m starting with these Mini Red Velvet Cheesecakes (from Sally’s Baking Addiction).

I’m a sucker for Red Velvet, and for cheesecake, so what better, right?

First off, I only have one mini-cupcake pan, so I made regular size cupcakes. The final product looked identical to the mini ones pictured on the original site.

I managed to make the cupcakes in about an hour with little mess. I was even able to wash my mixer while the cookie base baked. The recipe was easy to follow, and I loved the addition of yogurt in the cheesecake.

Of course, the proof is in the final product.  The cupcakes came out beautifully. Just stunning.

I could hardly wait the appropriate cool-down period to dive in.

The cheesecake tasted amazing. The red velvet was good, but too much. Because it’s a dense “cookie” form instead of a light cupcake sort, there was too much cookie to cheesecake in the ratio.

My end result? A definite YAY ~ with a sidebar. Next time I make it, I’ll adjust the recipe and make half the cookie recipe, and double the cheesecake. In my opinion that would make perfection!! (and that is just my opinion, the teen is scarfing them down like nobody’s business)

And no, I’m not going to put the recipe here, I made no adjustments, just followed it exactly.  So head on over to Sally’s Baking Addiction to get the recipe. It’s delicious.