" Marmalade Tiger" - a Cheesecake

My friend Lauren and I came up with the idea for this while watching a show about baby tigers on animal planet. One of them had an orange coat and no black on him, and they said he was "marmalade". We decided that a marmalade tiger should be the name of a food. This is what we came up with. Its a home baked cheesecake with a layer of vanilla and a layer blended with orange marmalade. Yum! (For a more striped look, swirling the two colors together might be fun to try too!)

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 1 cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups  crushed graham cracker crumbs
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine, melted
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 4  eggs
• 1⁄3 cup unsifted flour
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) jar orange marmalade
• 3 -5  drops  red food coloring (optional)
• 3 -5  drops  yellow food coloring (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Combine crumbs and margarine; press firmly on bottom of 9" springform pan.
3. In large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add eggs, flour, and vanilla; mix well.
4. Divide batter in half. Add marmalade to ½ of batter, and add red and yellow food color for that tiger orange look (if you like); mix well. Pour vanilla batter into prepared pan. Top evenly with orange batter.
5. Bake 50 - 55 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool. Chill thoroughly; refrigerate leftovers.