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CHERRY CHEESECAKE – what Santa really wants to find by the tree

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Hi there,

Remember I told you about all the different food presents Dom has received through the years in thanks for his medical care. I mentioned one of my favorites was a cheesecake.

The cheesecake arrived at our house one cold winter night in December. It was probably flu season because Dom hadn’t arrived home even by the time Johnny Carson was starting. I remember I was tired and irritable waiting for him to come home. I knew that the following morning would be coming fast and three little boys would wake up well rested and ready to go, go, go. Dom came into the house with a big smile bearing this delicious cheesecake. After one bite, good humor was restored and I listened with a smile on my face about how his patient made it special for him.

So here is that wonderful cheesecake recipe and I hope you eat it with a smile too.

Cheesecake will always taste like love. – Shonda Rhimes

SUPER DELICIOUS CHEESECAKE

Ingredients:

For the Crust:

  • 1/4 pound of butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder

For the Cheesecake:

  • 1 pound of cream cheese
  • 6 tablespoons of flour
  • 2 cups of milk
  • 1/2 pint of sour cream
  • 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons of lemon

Preparation:

  • preheat the oven to 325 degrees
  • prepare a springform pan for baking
  • combine all the ingredients for the crust
  • pat the crust dough along the sides and bottom of the springform pan
  • beat the cream cheese and eggs until smooth
  • add the remaining ingredients and beat until incorporated
  • carefully pour into the springform pan
  • put the pan on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour
  • when cool carefully unfold the springform pan

Special Note: The crust to this cheesecake is essentially a sugar cookie and in a pinch I have used prepared sugar cookie dough for the crust. I serve this plain or with cherries as pictured. When I want cherry cheesecake, I use prepared cherry pie filling. I have gifted this cheesecake at Christmas and it looks stunning when I wrapped the crust in a wide ribbon.

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36 responses to “CHERRY CHEESECAKE – what Santa really wants to find by the tree”

  1. patriciastreeter – United States – Magnify Your Style started off as a fashion based website, but I am passionate about more than clothing. In truth, style is just a way of doing things. Overtime, Magnify Your Style has covered different outlets. Though I still have a place in my heart for fashion, Magnify Your Style is a site that encourages embracing multiple creative outlets. For those that have followed me from the beginning, thank you for your support. For new readers, thank you for stopping by. Feel free to stay a while.
    patriciastreeter says:

    Looks scrumptious😍. The glazes cherries look rich and inviting. Santa might need a to go container for it. 😋

    Reply
  2. Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
    Darlene says:

    Looks very good and not difficult. I suppose you could use a variety of fruit on top.

    Reply
  3. Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen – I'm a writer, cook, gardener, photographer, poet, quilter, and accomplished daydreamer. I'm also a wife, mother, grandmother, sister. cousin, aunt, and friend, no particular order on any given day. I've been a writer all my life, newspaper reporter and columnist, radio news writer, and magazine contributor, and poet and short-story writer as the spirit moves. Now, I turn my attention to my cookbook, the blog, and a cooking column "Memorable Meals," which runs in our county newspaper. Besides my family, I love dogs, cats, good coffee, chocolate, and my never-dwindling pile of books I intend to read. Our family ran a small Vermont Inn for 18 years, with our focus on local, organic ingredients. I cook from scratch, and try not to use anything that has ingredients I cannot pronounce! After many years of daily serving up local delicacies, cooking classes, and catering, we are now only open for special events, and the odd cooking class. We also host musicians and artists, having helped produce a musical festival and other musical events for nearly 20 years. Many incredible artists have found a place at our table. Wonderful experiences, we will treasure always. My family and friends are my practice subjects. With a family that includes nut, peanut, tree fruit, and vegetable allergies, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, vegetarians, vegans, heart conscious, and a couple of picky eaters, there has to be a few quick tricks in the book to keep everyone fed and happy! Personally, I do not eat red meat or most full-fat dairy (usually) for health reasons, making the occasional exception at Thanksgiving and Christmas or our anniversary if the duck is locally raised. I do eat fish and seafood, so I try to come up with alternatives and substitutions when available. I serve local organic eggs and cheeses to my family who can tolerate dairy (My husband recently had a heart attack, and I need to watch my own cholesterol so I am careful, but have been known to let a little piece of really good cheese accidentally fall on my plate!). I believe strongly that eating in a way that is good for our planet is also good for our bodies, and I try to educated myself about our food sources! I cook by the seasons and draw on inspiration from the strong and talented women in my family who came before me, as well as the youth in the family who look at the world with fresh eyes. Food links us all, whether sharing a meal, cooking it together, or writing about it for others to enjoy. I love taking an old recipe and giving it a modern spin, especially if I can make it a littler healthier and use foods that are kinder to the Earth and to our bodies. I believe strongly in sustainable, delicious eating of whole foods, and the wonderful flavors we have at our fingertips! And finally, I love conversing with all the talented cooks and chefs out there who dot the globe! It's a wonderful, world full of culinary pen pals, and I cherish them all! XXXOOO Dorothy
    Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen says:

    They sure do taste like love, and this one is gorgeous! There is something so delightful about a good cheesecake. Our family expects one (or two) at every large family gathering, and I change out the flavors as I fancy.

    Reply
      • Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen – I'm a writer, cook, gardener, photographer, poet, quilter, and accomplished daydreamer. I'm also a wife, mother, grandmother, sister. cousin, aunt, and friend, no particular order on any given day. I've been a writer all my life, newspaper reporter and columnist, radio news writer, and magazine contributor, and poet and short-story writer as the spirit moves. Now, I turn my attention to my cookbook, the blog, and a cooking column "Memorable Meals," which runs in our county newspaper. Besides my family, I love dogs, cats, good coffee, chocolate, and my never-dwindling pile of books I intend to read. Our family ran a small Vermont Inn for 18 years, with our focus on local, organic ingredients. I cook from scratch, and try not to use anything that has ingredients I cannot pronounce! After many years of daily serving up local delicacies, cooking classes, and catering, we are now only open for special events, and the odd cooking class. We also host musicians and artists, having helped produce a musical festival and other musical events for nearly 20 years. Many incredible artists have found a place at our table. Wonderful experiences, we will treasure always. My family and friends are my practice subjects. With a family that includes nut, peanut, tree fruit, and vegetable allergies, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance, vegetarians, vegans, heart conscious, and a couple of picky eaters, there has to be a few quick tricks in the book to keep everyone fed and happy! Personally, I do not eat red meat or most full-fat dairy (usually) for health reasons, making the occasional exception at Thanksgiving and Christmas or our anniversary if the duck is locally raised. I do eat fish and seafood, so I try to come up with alternatives and substitutions when available. I serve local organic eggs and cheeses to my family who can tolerate dairy (My husband recently had a heart attack, and I need to watch my own cholesterol so I am careful, but have been known to let a little piece of really good cheese accidentally fall on my plate!). I believe strongly that eating in a way that is good for our planet is also good for our bodies, and I try to educated myself about our food sources! I cook by the seasons and draw on inspiration from the strong and talented women in my family who came before me, as well as the youth in the family who look at the world with fresh eyes. Food links us all, whether sharing a meal, cooking it together, or writing about it for others to enjoy. I love taking an old recipe and giving it a modern spin, especially if I can make it a littler healthier and use foods that are kinder to the Earth and to our bodies. I believe strongly in sustainable, delicious eating of whole foods, and the wonderful flavors we have at our fingertips! And finally, I love conversing with all the talented cooks and chefs out there who dot the globe! It's a wonderful, world full of culinary pen pals, and I cherish them all! XXXOOO Dorothy
        Dorothy’s New Vintage Kitchen says:

        I do. I like a little hint of lemon in the spring, especially if we are serving it with strawberries. This time of year, I’ll go for a chocolate or amaretto!

  4. Time Traveler of Life – Where my Motor Home is! – Biography Creating worlds, characters, and wielding power like a madwoman, making my characters happy, sad, angry, and some of them with no redeeming qualities. I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I sometimes laugh out loud when I am writing a scene, and I have been known to cry when one of my favorites has to die. I am a left-handed Gemini, what do you expect? Reading bedtime stories to my two children until they fell asleep or until they just told me to go away, was fun. Making up wild stories for my grandchild, and creating Halloween costumes from Cowboys to a Dragon, was another favorite thing to do. I missed that so much when they were grown, that I started writing. My yearly newsletters frequently were drafted third-person by my Love Birds, Miranda our motorhome, and by Sir Fit the White Knight, our faithful Honda. Throughout the years, some of my creative talents centered around writing letters of complaint expressing my displeasure with services or products. One crucial, at least to my Son, was a note to our local school bus driver petitioning her to allow him back on the bus. He was kicked off for making an obscene gesture at his buddy. I reminded her that it was not directed at her, and that “obscenity can be in the eye of the beholder,” kids use that gesture as a greeting. He rode the bus until he graduated. I loved driving my English teacher crazy. Leaving a “continued next week” at the end of my five handwritten pages required each week. He was one of many people that suggested I “do something about my writing.” I graduated from the School of Hard Knocks at the top of my class. After 30 years, in the trenches as a Real Estate Professional, I have found that truth is stranger than fiction. My books are filled with characters I met in that profession. Their names were changed to protect the guilty. Others were from people we met traveling around the country in Miranda, our Motorhome. I am married nearly 60 years to the love of my life, Shirl, and partner-produced two exceptionally talented children, and one grandchild who is our pride and joy.
    Time Traveler of Life says:

    Cheesecake with any other fruit except cherries will put a big smile on my face, too! Thanks for the recipe and the story of happy smiles.

    Reply
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    LoseWeightWithAng says:

    I agree with Santa, I’d take that cheesecake over cookies any day.

    Reply

  7. Lovely story! The cake looks so delicious. I’m all for the cherries on top. 🙂

    Reply
  11. V.M.Sang – UK – I was born and educated in the north west of England. I trained as a teacher in Manchester and taught in Salford, Lancashire, Hampshire and Croydon. I write fantasy novels currently. I also make cards, knit, crochet, tat, do cross stitch and paint. I enjoy walking on the Downs, cycling and kayaking. I do not enjoy housework, but like cooking.
    V.M.Sang says:

    That looks scrumptious. This is one I’m definitely going to make!

    Reply

  12. This looks fantastic! One question; what cherries do you use? I find the canned cherry filling too tin-ny for my taste. Would making some type pf cherry topping with frozen cherries be good? Do you have a suggestion?

    Reply

  14. This looks sooooo delicious and festive! And that sugar cookie crust – wow! I’ve only made cheesecake with crushed up digestive biscuits before – this is one I must try! I’m not sure if I can get cherry pie filling but as you also serve/gift them plain, I could always just do that!

    Reply
  16. the Painted Apron – Life is all about creativity for me, as long as I'm creating something I am happy! I hope I will inspire your daily life and give you ideas for your own wonderful creations!
    the Painted Apron says:

    My mouth was watering as I read this! The sugar cookie crust sounds amazing, thanks Bernadette!
    Jenna

    Reply

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