On Sat 21 Jan 2006 11:57:52p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Jen?

> All this talk about cheesecakes is making me hungry for them. Anyone
> want to share their favourite recipes? I've only ever made uncooked
> ones, (many different types and flavours, and very yummy), and I only
> have one recipe for a very plain baked one. A local cafe here does a
> wonderful baked caramel and macadamia nut cheesecake that I'd kill for.
>
> Jen

Personally, I prefer plainer cheesecakes myself, although I love them
served with fruit toppings or alongside.

The recipe that Dee Randall posted in the other thread about cheesecake
sounds quite good. The one below is one of my favorites.


* Exported from MasterCook *

New York Cheesecake

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 crumb-crust recipe -- made with finely ground
graham crackers
5 packages cream cheese -- (8-oz) softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
5 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Make crumb crust as directed in separate recipe. Preheat oven to 550°F.
Beat together cream cheese, sugar, flour, and zests with an electric mixer
until smooth. Add eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low
speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between
additions.

Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan. Pour filling into
crust (springform pan will be completely full) and bake in baking pan (to
catch drips) in middle of oven 12 minutes, or until puffed. Reduce
temperature to 200°F and continue baking until cake is mostly firm (center
will still be slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken), about 1 hour
more.

Continue baking for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until cake is pulling away from
the sides of the pan. Turn the oven off when finished cooking and leave the
cake in the oven to cool overnight.

Refrigerate cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours. Remove side of pan and
transfer cake to a plate.

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