Cheese Cake

Cheese Cake used to intimidate me. I stayed away from making this,  thinking it is complicated.  But cheese cake is my husband's favorite.  And I thought to myself, how can I say something is complicated until I try it? So began my search for the perfect cheese cake recipe. And as they say, if you desire for something with all your heart, you get it.

This almond crust cheese cake is the ultimate.    I don't remember, from where I got this recipe. But what is  the big deal,  right? Result is all that matters. I am sure you will love it and will thank me later for this recipe.  So Cheese Cake for desert today? What do you think?

Ingredients:

2/3 cup Graham Crackers                  
1/2 cup Toasted halved almonds       
3 tbsp Sugar + 3/4 cup extra for the filling                                     
1 tbsp Melted butter                          
8 oz Cream cheese                         
8 oz Mascarpone cheese                 
Lemon juice, 1/2 of a lemon
2 Eggs                                        
1 tsp Vanila Extract

(All the above ingredients should be at room temperature)

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350 deg.F
Butter the baking pans and keep it ready.

In a blender add the graham crackers, 3 tbsp sugar and almonds and pulse.

Add the melted butter. Pulse again.
Transfer to a buttered baking pan. Press with your finger tips. This is the base of your cheese cake.

Cover bottom and sides of the pan with aluminium foil. Bake the crust at 350 deg. F until the top is brown,  not more than 10 min. Cool.

Now reduce the temperature to 325 deg.F. In the same blender add the cream cheese and mascarpone, lemon juice, vanilla and rest of the sugar. Blend.

Now add the eggs one at a time. Blend thoroughly after adding each egg.

Transfer this to the cooled crust.

Place the pan in a roasting pan and fill hot water into the roasting pan until it reaches halfway up the sides of the baking pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool and refrigerate overnight.

To make it extra special, drizzle some chocolate sauce over and hmm..sit back, relax and enjoy every bit of heaven :)