Cheesecake Medley Recipe
Ingredients
| Lemons | 2 | |
| Orange | 1 | |
| Regular all-purpose flour | ||
| Granulated sugar | ||
| Butter | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs), softened | |
| Egg yolk | 1 | |
| 5 8-ounce packages soft cream cheese | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Egg yolks | 2 | |
| Eggs | 5 | |
| 1/4 cup heavy or whipping cream | ||
| Pineapple | 1 8 Ounce, drained | |
| Strawberries | 1 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), sliced | |
| Seedless grapes | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), halved | |
| 1/4 cup apple jelly, melted | ||
Directions
Early in day: Grate lemons; reserve half of peel for dough, half for filling.
Grate orange and reserve half of peel for filling.
(Use rest in stuffing.) With electric mixer at low speed, mix 1 1/2 cups sifted flour, 1/4 cup sugar, butter, 1 egg yolk and half of lemon peel; refrigerate 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Press 1/3 of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan.
Bake 8 minutes; cool.
Press rest of dough around side up to 1 inch below top.
Increase oven heat to 475°F.
In bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, beat cream cheese, 1 3/4 cups sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, salt and 2 egg yolks until smooth.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth.
Stir in cream and reserved peels.
Pour into springform pan.
Bake 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 200°F.
Bake 1 1/4 hours.
Turn off heat; let stand in oven 1/2 hour; remove to rack.
When cool, remove side of pan; refrigerate cake.
About 1 hour before serving: Cut each pineapple slice into 8 pieces.
Arrange on cake with strawberries and seedless grapes.
Brush melted jelly over fruit; chill.
Grate orange and reserve half of peel for filling.
(Use rest in stuffing.) With electric mixer at low speed, mix 1 1/2 cups sifted flour, 1/4 cup sugar, butter, 1 egg yolk and half of lemon peel; refrigerate 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Press 1/3 of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan.
Bake 8 minutes; cool.
Press rest of dough around side up to 1 inch below top.
Increase oven heat to 475°F.
In bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, beat cream cheese, 1 3/4 cups sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, salt and 2 egg yolks until smooth.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth.
Stir in cream and reserved peels.
Pour into springform pan.
Bake 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 200°F.
Bake 1 1/4 hours.
Turn off heat; let stand in oven 1/2 hour; remove to rack.
When cool, remove side of pan; refrigerate cake.
About 1 hour before serving: Cut each pineapple slice into 8 pieces.
Arrange on cake with strawberries and seedless grapes.
Brush melted jelly over fruit; chill.
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