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Sun-Sational Cheesecake

This recipe is featured in our July 2017 Food + Entertaining article, Blackberry Season.

Sun-Sational Cheesecake
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Sun-Sational Cheesecake

Course: Dessert
Servings

10-12

slices

ingredients

  • For the crust:
  • 1+ cup graham crackers (crushed)

  • 3 tablespoons sugar

  • 3 tablespoons butter (melted)

  • For the cake:
  • 3 8-ounce packages of cream cheese (room temperature)

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 3 tablespoons flour

  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

  • 4 eggs (1 separated, yolk reserved)

  • For the glaze:
  • 1 egg yolk (reserved)

  • ¾ cup sugar

  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch

  • ½ cup water

  • ¼ cup lemon juice

Directions

  • To prepare the crust:
  • Combine crumbs, sugar and butter for crust and press into bottom of springform pan.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and increase temperature to 450 degrees.
  • To prepare the cake:
  • Combine cream cheese, sugar, flour, lemon juice, rind and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until well blended. Add 3 eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in remaining egg white. Save egg yolk for glaze. Pour mixture over crust.
  • Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, watching the top for browning. Reduce oven to 250 degrees and continue to bake for 30 more minutes.
  • Let cake cool. Go around edge with a sharp knife, loosening cake from rim.
  • To prepare the glaze:
  • Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan, stirring in water and lemon juice. Cook until clear and thickened. Add a small amount to egg yolk, temper, and mix well. Add to hot mixture, cooking for 3 minutes.
  • Cool slightly and spoon over cake.

Notes

  • Recipe from The Complete Cheese Cookbook
  • Use a 7, 8 or 9-inch springform pan, depending on how thick you prefer your cake. 
  • Place a Pyrex dish filled with water in the oven while the cake is baking, which helps prevent it from cracking.

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