Fresh Fruit Cheesecake
You can feed a crowd with this rich sour cream cheesecake crowned with beautiful fruit!
45 gingersnap cookies, ground,
2-1/2 cups crumbs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
4 packages (8 oz. each) cream cheese, at room temperature
1-2/3 cups + 2 tablespoons sugar
5 eggs
1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons grated peeled ginger
1 cup heavy cream
1 peach, pitted, sliced, 1 cup
1 cup strawberries, quartered
1/2 cup seedless green grapes, halved
1/2 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon apple jelly, melted
Position 1 rack in center and 1 rack in lower third of oven. Place roasting pan on lower rack; fill halfway with water. Preheat oven to 325 Degrees F. Butter 9" x 3" springform pan. Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press into bottom of pan.
On medium speed, beat cream cheese and 1-2/3 cups sugar until smooth. Add eggs, sour cream and flour; beat until smooth. Stir in ginger. Pour into pan. Bake on center rack 1 hour, 20 minutes or until center jiggles slightly. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stand in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven; immediately run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Cool on rack; refrigerate overnight.
Just before serving, beat heavy cream and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar until stiff peaks form. If desired, transfer to pastry bag fitted with large tip; pipe or spoon around cake edge. Gently toss fruit with jelly; arrange in center of cake.
Source: Woman's World - Issue 7/28/08
This reads delicious and the photo is beautiful. Thought I would archive it here for anyone interested. The presentation is beautiful.
You can feed a crowd with this rich sour cream cheesecake crowned with beautiful fruit!
45 gingersnap cookies, ground,
2-1/2 cups crumbs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
4 packages (8 oz. each) cream cheese, at room temperature
1-2/3 cups + 2 tablespoons sugar
5 eggs
1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons grated peeled ginger
1 cup heavy cream
1 peach, pitted, sliced, 1 cup
1 cup strawberries, quartered
1/2 cup seedless green grapes, halved
1/2 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon apple jelly, melted
Position 1 rack in center and 1 rack in lower third of oven. Place roasting pan on lower rack; fill halfway with water. Preheat oven to 325 Degrees F. Butter 9" x 3" springform pan. Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press into bottom of pan.
On medium speed, beat cream cheese and 1-2/3 cups sugar until smooth. Add eggs, sour cream and flour; beat until smooth. Stir in ginger. Pour into pan. Bake on center rack 1 hour, 20 minutes or until center jiggles slightly. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stand in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven; immediately run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Cool on rack; refrigerate overnight.
Just before serving, beat heavy cream and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar until stiff peaks form. If desired, transfer to pastry bag fitted with large tip; pipe or spoon around cake edge. Gently toss fruit with jelly; arrange in center of cake.
Source: Woman's World - Issue 7/28/08
This reads delicious and the photo is beautiful. Thought I would archive it here for anyone interested. The presentation is beautiful.