Ambrosia Cheesecake
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List of Ingredients
AMBROSIA CHEESECAKE
1 1/2 c Flaked coconut
1/4 c Chopped almonds
2 tb Butter or marg. -- melted
24 oz Cream cheese -- softened
1/2 c Sugar
1/4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Grated orange peel
1 t Vanilla extract
1/2 c Apricot nectar
1/2 c Cream of coconut
4 Large eggs
8 oz Crushed pineapple, drained
Sliced assorted fruits*
2 ts Shortening -- melted
1/4 c Semisweet-chocolate pieces**
1/4 c White-chocolate pieces**
*Note: Suggested fruits: bananas, seedless green and
red grapes, kiwifruit, canned mandarin-orange slices,
strawberries, etc.) **Chocolate pieces should be
melted. 1. Day before serving: Preheat oven to 350
degrees. In medium bowl, combine coconut, almonds and
butter; mix well. Press mixture into bottom of 9-inch
springform pan. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
Cool. 2. In large bowl of electric mixer, at high
speed, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange peel
and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in apricot nectar and
cream of coconut. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until
blended. Stir in pineapple; pour into prepared crust.
Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until set. Cool in pan
on wire rack; refrigerate overnight. 3. Just before
serving, arrange fruit over top of cake. Stir one
teaspoon melted shortening into each of melted
semisweet and white chocolates until blended. Place
each mixture in a separate small pastry bag fitted
with small plain tip; pipe over fruit.
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