Sweet Cheesecake Recipes
Exquisite Glazed Almond-Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake
Elegance and sophistication is the hallmark of this stunning Exquisite Glazed Almond-Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake dessert! A delicious cream cheese filling with a hint of raspberry preserves and almond top a delicate chocolate crumb crust. A glazed almond topping completes the festive appearance of this cheesecake that would be perfect on any dessert buffet!
Prep: 1 hr 20 min | Bake: 1 hr 20 min | Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients
Glazed Almond Topping
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1 teaspoon amaretto liqueur
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups (about 18 cookies) finely crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 1 cup (6 ounces) Nestlé® Toll House® Premier White Morsels
- 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened, divided
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup red raspberry preserves
- 1/4 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Instructions
Glazed Almond Topping
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
- Combine sugar and water in small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil; cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Stir in almonds and liqueur. Remove almonds from pan with slotted
spoon; place on wax paper. Separate with a fork.
Crust
- Combine cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl. Press mixture onto the bottom of an ungreased 9 inch springform pan.
Filling
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Place white morsels in uncovered, medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 1 minute; stir. Morsels may retain some of their shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15 second intervals, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.
- Beat 3 packages cream cheese, sugar and liqueur in large mixer bowl on medium speed until smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in sour cream. Pour half of mixture into crust.
- Beat remaining package cream cheese and melted white morsels in medium mixer bowl on medium speed until smooth.
- Stir in raspberry preserves. Drop half of raspberry mixture by rounded teaspoonsful evenly over batter in pan.
- Pour remaining white batter over batters in pan and drop remaining half of raspberry mixture by teaspoonsful evenly over batter. Swirl batters together with a knife.
- Bake for 1 hour 5 minutes.
- Arrange glazed almonds around edge of cheesecake.
- Continue baking for 15 minutes or until edge is set and center moves slightly.
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Place semi-sweet morsels in small, heavy-duty plastic bag. Microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 20 seconds; knead bag.
- Microwave at additional 10 second intervals, kneading until smooth.
- Cut a small hole in corner of bag; squeeze to drizzle over over glazed almonds.
- Remove side of pan.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé and meals.com
Mary King of Parsons, KS, created this 1st Prize winning recipe.