Tara Lee Photography - weddings

I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful couple on the weekend - they fell in love in France. He is from France and she is from Oz and they had a beach ceremony that was in french - fact: the beach wedding was extra special because beach weddings in France are unheard of.

Photography - Birthday Joy

Time away at rainbow beach

Jayden and I had a mini holiday to rainbow beach - just before the storm hit we got some beautiful photos up at the blow hole. The benefits of getting up at 5am.

Cooking date – turned photography session.

I got to spend the morning cooking cheese cake and chocolate fudge sauce with my beautiful friend Sam and her twin sons Isaiah and Toby.
If you want to make the best cheese cake in the world this is the recipe – all you need is one mouthful and you are satisfied. I dare you to make it!!

Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough Cheesecake
Ingredients
COOKIE DOUGH ¼ cup butter ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup sugar 2 tablespoons water ½ cup plain flour 1 cup Cadbury® Dark Cooking Chocolate, chopped
CHEESECAKE 250 g chocolate biscuit crumbs ¼ cup sugar 60 g butter, melted 750 g cream cheese, softened 400 g can sweetened condensed milk 3 eggs

Method
1.Preheat the oven to 180°C. To make the cookie dough, cream the butter and both kinds of sugar until light and fluffy.
2.Stir in the water, flour and chocolate chunks, and mix until all the ingredients are combined. Set aside.
3.To make the cheesecake base, combine the chocolate biscuit crumbs, sugar and melted butter. Press the mixture over the base of a lined 23 cm springform pan.
4.Beat the cream cheese until soft and smooth. Add the condensed milk and eggs, and beat thoroughly.
5.Pour the cream cheese mixture over the crumb base. Place teaspoonfuls of the cookie dough onto the cream cheese mixture. Press them lightly so that they sink beneath the surface.
6.Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours before dusting with Cadbury Drinking Chocolate.
7.Serve with a berry coulis or chocolate sauce.
Note: When adding melted Cadbury Chocolate to other ingredients, have them all at room temperature for best results.

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