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White Chocolate Cheesecake

Source of Recipe


From "The Dessert Lover's Cookbook"






List of Ingredients



• 1-3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
  
• 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  
• 1 Tbsp sugar
  
• 16 ounces white chocolate, chopped, divided
  
• 3/4 cup whipping cream, at room temperature, divided
  
• 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, at room temperature
  
• 4 eggs, separated, at room temperature
  
• 4 tsp vanilla
  
• Pinch salt
  
• 2 Tbsp light creme de cacao
  






Instructions



1. Butter a 9x13-inch springform pan. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar in food processor; process until well-blended. Press evenly over bottom and two-thirds up sides of springform pan.
   
   
2. Melt 10 ounces white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water. Slowly stir in 1/2 cup cream; blend until smooth. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
   
   
3. Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add egg yolks, one at a time, blending well after each addition and stopping to scrape down sides of bowl. Add melted white chocolate, vanilla and salt. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
   
   
4. Beat egg whites in separate mixing bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until foamy. Beat on high speed until soft rounded peaks form. Fold whites into chocolate mixture. Pour into crust.
   
   
5. Place pan on baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 300-degree oven for 55 minutes. The cake will rise and the top will jiggle slightly when shaken. Turn off oven and let cake stand in oven for 1 hour. It will sink. Remove to a wire rack and cool to room temperature.
   
   
6. To prepare topping: Melt 6 ounces white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water. Slowly stir in 1/4 cup cream, blending until smooth. Stir in creme de cacao. Pour topping over cool cake. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
   
   Two hours before serving, remove cake from refrigerator and remove sides of springform pan. Transfer to a serving platter.
   
   Makes 10 to 12 servings.