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Friday, April 3, 2015

Creamy Ambrosia Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

  • Servings: 10
  • 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, reserve
  • 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, reserve (not syrup)
  • 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 cup fruit, juices reserved
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon oranges or 1/4 teaspoon pineapple extract

Recipe

  • 1 coconut crust:.
  • 2 heat oven to 350 degrees. stir together graham cracker crumbs, coconut flakes, melted butter, and sugar in a medium bowl. press mixture firmly onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. bake 8 minutes; cool slightly.
  • 3 filling:.
  • 4 cut mandarin oranges into small pieces. drain oranges and pineapple, reserving juices.
  • 5 beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. add sugar; beat well. add eggs; beat well. stir in chips, oranges and pineapple. pour mixture over baked and slightly cooled crust.
  • 6 bake 60 to 65 minutes or until center is almost set. remove from oven to wire rack. with knife, loosen cake from side of pan. cool completely; remove side of pan. cover; refrigerate until cold.
  • 7 prepare tropical fruit sauce.
  • 8 tropical fruit sauce:.
  • 9 combine reserved fruit juices, suagar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickend. remove from heat. stir in orange or pineapple extract. cool to room temperature. cover; refrigerate leftover sauce.
  • 10 to serve:.
  • 11 pour desired amount of fruit sauce over individual slices of cheesecake. garnish with toasted coconut if desired.
  • 12 refrigerate leftover cheese cake - it there is any!

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