Recipe - Amaretto Whisper Cheese Cake

JUDI M. PHELPS
1 One half cup Chocolate wafer crumbs
1 cup Almonds; finely chopped and
lightly toasted
Three fourths cup Butter; softened
1/3 cup Sugar
FILLING
3 8 oz. packages cream cheese
softened
1 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1/3 cup Heavy cream
One fourth cup Plus 1 teaspoon Amaretto
TOPPING
2 cup Sour cream
2 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Amaretto
Lightly toasted slivered
almonds (for garnish)

CRUST: Combine crumbs, almonds, butter and sugar in a bowl. Press into
bottom and sides of a 9inch springform pan.

FILLING: Cream cheese and sugar together in a large mixer bowl. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add cream and Amaretto.
Beat until light. Pour into crust. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 40 minutes.
Let stand for 5 minutes on wire rack. Filling will not be set.

TOPPING: Combine sour cream, sugar and Amaretto. Spread evenly on cake.
Bake 5 to 10 minutes; top will still be jiggly in center. Cool completely
on rack. Cover lightly and chill overnight. Remove from springform pan.
Place almond slivers around outside edge of top of cake. Serves 10
servings. Source: Cooking for Applause.

Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps. jphelps@slip.net or jphelps@best.com From:
Jphelps@slip.Net Date: 9 Nov 1996 08:25:31 0800

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Phillip Waters" muddy@ibm.net on Nov 7,
1998