My Cheerful Essence

"Strawberry Vanilla Cheesecake"...yummy..yummy




Ingredients:

for crust:
400 g cracker crumbs
200 g butter

for filling:
600 g Philadelphia cream cheese
200 ml whipping cream
3 eggs
vanilla extract

optional:
chocolate
lemon zest

Directions:

for crust:
1. In a medium sized bowl combine cracker crumbs, and melted butter.
2. Press the crumbs evenly over the bottom and about 2.5 cm up the sides of the springform pan.
3. Cover and refrigerate while you make the filling.

for filling:
1. In a big bowl place the cream cheese, and sugar. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed, until smooth.
2. Add whipping cream. Beat on medium speed.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Add vanilla extract (lemon zest), and beat until incorporated.
5. At this step you may also add chocolate.
6. Remove the crust from the refrigerator, and pour in the filling.
7. Put hot water in a larger backing pan, place a pan with cheesecake on a larger pan (guard that water does not penetrate into the pan with the cake).
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
9. Bake the cake for 60 min.
10. Let cool before covering and refrigerating.

This cheesecake tastes best after being refrigerated for at least 8 hours.

Bone Appetite!