Strawberry Coconut Cheesecake

Since this cheesecake needs to chill for several hours,it's easiest to bake it a day ahead of time. Prep and cook times don't reflect this.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

• CRUST

• 6  tablespoons unsalted butter, melted,divided
• 3⁄4 cup graham cracker crumbs (or digestive biscuit crumbs)
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut, toasted,cooled
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• FILLING

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3  tablespoons cornstarch
• 4  large eggs
• 1  cup  canned cream of coconut (such as Coco Lopez)
• 1⁄4 cup  coconut rum (such as malibu)

• TOPPING

• 1⁄4 cup  seedless strawberry jam
• 2  tablespoons water
• 3 (1 pint) containers strawberries, stemmed,sliced

Directions

1. For crust; preheat oven to 350*F.
2. Brush 9 inch diameter cake pan with 2 inch sides with 1 TBs melted butter.
3. Line oan with parchment paper; lightly brush paper with some of melted butter.
4. Blend crumbs, coconut, sugar and remaining butter in medium bowl.
5. Press mixture over bottom of prepared pan.
6. Bake crust until lightly browned at edges, about 10 minutes.
7. Cool.
8. Reduce oven temperature to 300*F.
9. For filling; Using electric mixer, beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl until blended.
10. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
11. Beat in cream of coconut and rum.
12. Pour batter over crust.
13. Place cake pan in a large roasting pan.
14. Add enough water to roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of cake pan.
15. Cover roasting pan with foil.
16. Bake cake 1 hour.
17. Remove foil.
18. Bake until cake is pale brown, puffed, and just set in center, about 40 minutes.
19. Cool cake in water bath 2 hours.
20. Remove from water; run knife around cake to loosen.
21. Chill cake in pan 3 hours.
22. (can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.).
23. Preheat oven to 350*F.
24. Place cake in oven 2 minutes.
25. Remove from oven.
26. Place sheet of foil, then 10 inch diameter cardboard round or tart pan bottom on top of cake.
27. Turn cake over.
28. Shake gently, allowing cake to settle onto foil and round.
29. Remove pan and parchment.
30. Place plater atop cake and turn cake right side up onto platter.
31. Remove round and foil.
32. For topping; simmer jam and 2 TBS water in small saucepan.
33. Brush top of cake with warm jam.
34. Overlap berries atop cake, covereing completely.
35. Brush remaining jam over berries and chill.
36. (Can be prepared up to 8 hours ahead).