Too cheesy? Never (Part 2: Icing on the cake)

For decorating the cheesecake, I — well, my trusty companion, Fred — made a glaze by combining dark chocolate and whipping cream. (The step-by-step is below.)

Applying the glaze was simpler still. In keeping with my belief that being creative in the kitchen doesn't require stockpiling the latest and fanciest gear, we improvised a cake-decorating bag — simply by snipping one corner off of a plastic sandwich bag.

Because precision is hardly required, our decoration bag required no specialized couplers or metal tips. We just kept the snipped opening small (about one-third the diameter of a pencil).

From here, the to-do is easy: Once the glaze has cooled somewhat, spoon it into the bag. After that, simply squeeze ... and doodle your glaze across the face of the cake.

Now, the glaze recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 oz dark chocolate
• 4 oz whipping cream

Directions

• Place chocolate pieces and whipping cream in microwaveable bowl
• Heat in microwave oven (at 50% power) in 1 minute intervals, stirring in between, until completely melted
• When chocolate and cream is completely melted and mixed, spoon it into decorating bag
• Squeeze icing over the cake ... with flair.