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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