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Hollywood Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


From themitz


List of Ingredients




Crust:
1 cup graham crackers crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted

Filling:
2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (optional)
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel (optional)
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, separated (beat whites to stiff peak stage)

Topping:
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla


Recipe



Crust:
Mix crumbs, sugar and butter with fork; press onto bottom of 9” spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes in 325-degree oven.

Filling:
Reduce oven temperature to 300degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar, juice, peel and vanilla at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, mixing at low speed after each addition, just until blended. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites; pour over crust. Bake 45 minutes or until center is almost set.

Topping:
Mix sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Carefully spread over cheesecake; continue baking 10 minutes. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake. Cool to room temperature and then chill 4 hours or overnight.

Best topped with your favorite fruit!