Red Velvet at the Cheesecake Factory, Union Square, SF.

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My friend Eve was in town from Spokane and wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory. We had dinner and topped it all off by sharing a slice of this ridiculous cheesecake! It was an amazing mix of two of my favorite things: cheesecake and red velvet cake. It was very good, but I don't even understand how they pack so many calories into there!

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Morning mini food tour with Pat, Pike Place Market, Seattle.

Caramel cheesecake from The Confectional, and about to go into Beecher's for some handmade cheese!

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Meringues at Le Panier. Such a wonderful little French bakery.

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Pat, picking out our piroshky at Piroshky Piroshky. :)

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Pat at the original Starbucks. Not super amazing, but a fun Seattle destination.

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Pumpkin cheesecake with caramel sauce and candied pecans.

Filling: cream cheese, pumpkin puree, flour, eggs, pumpkin pie spice.

Crust: graham crackers, cinnamon-sugar, butter. Baked for 8 minutes, then filled and baked for 45 minutes.

Perfection! :)

I was in a bit of a rush to top this so I didn't take pictures of the sauce and pecans! But the sauce is a basic caramel. For the pecans I used: pecan halves, egg white, sugar, cinnamon, salt, water and vanilla.

I made this one for dinner at the Ring's and another, in my square spring-form pan, for Thanksgiving dinner at the Hong's. It's my tradition to do a pumpkin cheesecake every Thanksgiving, but I didn't get to last year.. I hope it's as good as I remember!

The Confectional, Pike's Place, Seattle.

One of my favorite cheesecake spots, and definitely my favorite in Seattle.

Mmmmm... mini cheesecakes!

It's tough work.

My key lime.

Nani's triple chocolate.

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Light strawberry swirl cheesecake with almond meal crust.

It looked prettier before..

Light, but good.