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Sweet Potato Cheesecake

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Submitted by: kellybe

 

This cheesecake has a pound cake crust. Mashed sweet potatoes and spices are combined with cream cheese for the filling.
 

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf pound cake (about 20 thin slices) (recipe below)
  • 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup candied chopped pecans- (recipe below)
  • Pound Cake recipe:
  • 1/2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • Pinch of ground mace
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

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Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (9-inch) pie plates with thin slices of pound cake. Firmly press into bottom of pans. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add sugar. Mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Pour in cream. Mix well. Add mashed sweet potato. Mix well. Stir in lemon extract, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix well. Pour into lined pans. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until center is almost set. Remove from the oven and cool at least 1 hour. Remove from pan, if desired, and refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish as desired with pecans. For Pound Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, beat the butter with the sugar until soft and light. Beat in 3 of the eggs , one at a time. Beat in the salt, mace, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir the baking powder into the flour and sift once. Beat a third of the flour into the butter/sugar/egg mixture. Beat in half of the milk, then the flour again, and continue until everything is incorporated, beginning and ending with the flour. Fill the greased and floured loaf pan about 3/4 full. Bake for about 1 hour, or until it is well risen and colored, cracked on the surface, and a thin knife inserted in the thickest part of the cake emerges clean. Cool completely. Candied Pecans recipe: 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp. butter 1/2 cup whole pecans Melt butter add sugar stir constantly until melted and turning golden brown. Add pecans. Heat for another minute stirring constantly. Pour out on to foil, cool then chop.

 

Notes: If short on time you can always purchase a pound cake from you local grocery store.

 

Number of Servings: 16

 

Submitted by: kellybe ()

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