It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ,,,

For the past several days we've seen snow coming down.  I love to watch the flakes fall and collide with other snowflakes or fall to the ground.  I also love watching the blue jays, cardinals and downy woodpeckers come to our feeder on the deck.  Their colors are such a contrast to the hues of winter.

We have the decorations hung and the house is filled with the smell of fresh baked bread and cookies.  We're looking forward to baking your special cheesecake for your Christmas gathering this year.  Don't forget to call and place your order.

December's Featured Flavors

Caramel Gingerbread ... $28

White Chocolate Raspberry ... $28

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie ... $28

Chocolate Decadence ... $28

Chocolate Covered Cherry ... $28

Trevor's Buckeye ... $28

Grasshopper .... $28

From Our Family to Yours
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Simply a Slice of Something Extraordinary

Cheesecake for Thanksgiving

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner - 14 days.  If you haven't placed an order for your cheesecake, please call us.  Some of our featured flavors are

Apple Spice

Mom's Luscious Lemon

Janet's Caramel Pecan

Pumpkin

Pumpkin Toffee

Apple Spice with Caramel Sauce

Janet's Caramel Pecan

Mom's Luscious Lemon

Simply a Slice of Something Extraordinary

Local Fundraiser - Christian Faith Academy

Friends of ours who run/work for Faith Christian Academy are having their Annual Fundraiser and Silent Auction this coming Saturday.  See details below:

Christian Faith Academy

Craft/Vendor Fair

Saturday, November 7, 2009

9:30 am - 3 pm

$1 admission fee

Silent Auction

6 pm - 9 pm

Buy tickets in advance or at the door

Hors d'oeuvres will be served

Items to bid on: Cleveland Cavaliers tickets, hand-crafted items, 1/2 side of beef,

Lia Sophia Jewelry, Pampered Chef items, Simply Cheesecakes (2) and

many other great items.

Entertainment will include Eagleville Band, The Quartet and others

Call 440.998.3997 or e-mail christianfaithacademy@windstream.net for more information.

Academy Address:  4322 Park Avenue, Ashtabula, OH

Come out and do some early Christmas shopping and support a wonderful cause.

Thank You

Well, we made it through Covered Bridge Festival and sold all the cheesecake slices we had on hand.  We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported us and also those who came and lended a helping hand.  The rain on Saturday morning and the cool wind on sunday did not stop our visitors.  We enjoyed seeing new faces and many familiar faces as well as catching up with you.  Thank you.

Below are a few pictures from the weekend.

We took a little down time but are back getting ready for Thanksgiving. I'll be posting our most popular flavors for Thanksgiving in the next week or so. We're taking orders so if you would like one for your Thanksgiving family/friends' gathering, please call and place your order.  We'll look forward to hearing from you.

Until next time, we're happily baking...

Behind the Scenes

It's Tuesday and we've been getting things in order for this coming weekend.  The flavors for the slices to be sold have all been chosen - the most popular:

Caramel Apple Spice

White Chocolate Raspberry

NY Style—Classic

Chocolate Strawberry Swirl

Chocolate Caramel

South Denmark Covered Bridge Mud

Trevor’s Buckeye

Come and enjoy a slice or two and enjoy our other items --
hot dogs, homemade chili, hot apple cider and other goodies.

 
It's always amazing how much work and detail goes into this weekend - checking off things on our "to-do list".  I ran up to the CBF office yesterday and picked up the "official souvenirs".  In the box were the volunteer t-shirts - they are blue this year and look really nice. (I'll take plenty of pictures which I'll post next week.)  Since I wear my SC t-shirt/sweatshirt, we give mine to our neigbor, Mr. Cramer, because he mows and trims the grass around the bridge.  It's a small gift we can give to him to thank him for all that he does.
 
This past weekend, Eric was trimming the trees, bushes and brush that had gotten a little out of hand around the bridge.  He also did some painting on the west side of the bridge and removed wasp and hornet nests that have accumulated in the eaves over the summer. 
 
We'll be baking, cutting and topping cheesecakes over the next couple of days.  I've enjoyed the opportunity to devote most of my time to this weekend; I chose not to take any orders until after Oct. 12th - a two week suspension of outside orders.  In the past, I've done both and it was a lot to work on.
 
I feel blessed by many of our friends who have volunteered to want to come by and help out.  If you do, the weather is supposed to be cool - in the 50's - so dress warm.  And I haven't been down to the bridge the past week, but we did have a beaver dam on the south side of the bridge.  I'm wondering if it weathered the recent rainfall; so you might want to check it out and see if it is intact.
 
We hope to see you all there! 
 
Until next time... happy baking!!

One Week to Go .. Counting Down

We're in the final stretch to the Covered Bridge Festival - Oct. 10-11.  I've been busy baking and getting this year's selections ready.  I will be posting the flavors as well as the other items we will be selling in the next day or two.

Today, the weather is a little cool and cloudy.  Hopefully, we will have better weather next weekend.

I'm looking foward to blogging about what's new and happening here at Simply Cheesecakes.

More to come from our bakery .. until next time, happy baking.  Diane

Stuart's Turtle