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Category: Cheesecake
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
Crust:
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1/4 cup chopped almonds
2 tbsp butter, melted
Cheesecake:
3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 tsp grated orange peel
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup apricot nectar
1/2 cup cream of coconut
4 large eggs
1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained
Sliced assorted fruits
2 tsp shortening, melted
1/4 cup semisweet-chocolate pieces, melted
1/4 cup white-chocolate pieces, melted
Suggested fruits: bananas, seedless green and red grapes, kiwifruit, canned mandarin-orange slices, strawberries, etc.
Day before serving: Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, combine coconut, almonds and butter; mix well. Press mixture into bottom of 9-inch Springform pan. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool.
Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange peel and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in apricot nectar and cream of coconut. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended. Stir in pineapple; pour into prepared crust. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack; refrigerate overnight.
Just before serving, arrange fruit over top of cake. Stir one tsp melted shortening into each of melted semisweet and white chocolates until blended. Place each mixture in a separate small Pastry bag fitted with small plain tip; pipe over fruit.
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AMBROSIA CHEESECAKE
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Category: Cheesecake
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
Crust:
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1/4 cup chopped almonds
2 tbsp butter, melted
Cheesecake:
3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 tsp grated orange peel
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup apricot nectar
1/2 cup cream of coconut
4 large eggs
1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained
Sliced assorted fruits
2 tsp shortening, melted
1/4 cup semisweet-chocolate pieces, melted
1/4 cup white-chocolate pieces, melted
Suggested fruits: bananas, seedless green and red grapes, kiwifruit, canned mandarin-orange slices, strawberries, etc.
Day before serving: Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, combine coconut, almonds and butter; mix well. Press mixture into bottom of 9-inch Springform pan. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool.
Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange peel and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in apricot nectar and cream of coconut. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended. Stir in pineapple; pour into prepared crust. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack; refrigerate overnight.
Just before serving, arrange fruit over top of cake. Stir one tsp melted shortening into each of melted semisweet and white chocolates until blended. Place each mixture in a separate small Pastry bag fitted with small plain tip; pipe over fruit.
Note: This recipe is part of a user's personal recipEbox. It is not part of the CDKitchen collection.
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