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Basic: Killer Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

www.ichef.com


List of Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons flour
zest of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup whipping cream


Recipe

Smear 9-inch springform pan generously with butter and pat with graham cracker crumbs. Heat oven to 500ºF. Prepare springform pan. With and electric beater, mix the cheese, sugar, flour, orange and lemon zests and vanilla until smooth. Add the eggs and yolks, beating in one at a time, and finally the cream. Pour the mixture into the prepared springform pan and bake for 10 minutes or until the top of the cake turns golden brown. Reduce oven temperature to 200-225ºF and bake for one hour longer. Remove cake from oven and cool on a rack until it reaches room temperature. Then release the sides of the pan. Do not remove the bottom of the pan. Place cake on a platter.