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Cappuccino Cheesecake
1 1/2 cups finely chopped nuts 2 tbsp. sugar 3 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
4 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese 1 cup sugar 3 tbsp. flour 4 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tbsp. instant coffee granules 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 cup boiling water
Combine nuts, sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes.
Combine cream cheese, sugar and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream.
Dissolve coffee granules and cinnamon in water. Cool; gradually add to cream cheese mixture, mixing until well blended. Pour over crust.
Bake at 450 degrees 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees; continue baking 1 hour. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
Chill. Garnish, if desired (I use whipped cream rosettes, chocolate leaves and whole chocolate covered coffee beans).
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