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New York Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Crust
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup of sugar
8 tablespoons melted butter

Filling
4 (8 oz.) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla essence
2 tbsp. lemon juice
5 eggs
2 tbsp. all purpose flour

Sour Cream Layer

1 pint of sour cream
⅓ cup of sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. lemon juice

Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven at 325º
2. In bowl mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter, press onto bottom and slightly up the sides of 10-inch spring-form pan. Bake in oven for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the crust from oven, but keep the oven on and let the crust cool for 5-10 minutes
3. Prepare the filling by beating the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice in electric mixer until the mixture is smooth and well blended.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing at medium speed after each egg is added until all is blended making sure to scrape down the batter with a spatula.
5. Add flour and mix until the batter is smooth.
6. When the crust has cooled down, pour the filling over the crust and bake for 50-55 minutes or until the cake is cooked but has a slight giggle in the centre.
7. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool slightly. for about 10 minutes.
8 Now prepare the sour cream mixture. In a bowl. mix sour cream, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice. Spoon the sour cream mixture over the cheesecake spreading evenly. Bake the cake for another 10 - 15 minutes.
9. Cool the cake for about 15 minutes and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
10 Loosen the cake from the pan with a knife
11
Before serving, remove rim from pan and plate and slice cake. Garnish each slice with fresh strawberries and a drizzle of strawberry sundae syrup along with some whipped cream.

 

 

 

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