Philadelphia Blueberry Crown Cheesecake

LondonKarma's Note:

Delicious cheesecake!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 30 vanilla wafers, crushed (about 1 cup)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 5 (8 ounce) packages Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 medium lemon, zest of, grated
• 1 cup sour cream
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups fresh blueberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300 degrees is using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan).
2. Mix crumbs, 3 tablespoons of the sugar and butter until well blended. Press firmly onto bottom of pan.
3. Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 cup sugar, flour, vanilla and lemon peel with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
4. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition until just blended.
5. Pour over crust; top with 2 cups of the blueberries.
6. Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is almost set. Run small knife or spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
7. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

Reviews

[carouselluver]

I love this cheesecake I have made it several different times for different occasions. I have tried it with both frozen and fresh blueberries and either way it get's rave reviews. I also use dehydrated lemon zest instead of fresh. The only issue I have is that i hadn't mastered the skill of it not cracking open at the top when baking it so someone suggested putting a pan of water in the bottom of the oven and it worked although it took longer. My father actually asked for this for his Christmas present except he wanted raspberry instead of blueberry so i omitted the Blueberry's and made a Raspberry topping instead. It was still amazing. This has become everyone's favorite desserts at all my family get togethers! :)

[ajean]

This was very good. I love how tall it gets. The only thing I would change is the amount of sugar - it wasn't sweet enough!