Pumpkin Frangelico Cheesecake

Submitted by Pinay0618

"Pumpkin and hazelnut-flavored Frangelico ... what a delicious fall flavor for cheesecake! From bakespace.com."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Crust

• 24 gingersnaps
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted

• Filling

• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) can unsweetened solid-pack pumpkin
• 5 eggs
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup Frangelico
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves

• Sour Cream Topping

• 16 ounces sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 cup Frangelico

directions

1. Grind gingersnaps finely; add sugar and mix well. Add butter and mix well. Then press into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Refrigerate until ready to use. Position rack in middle of oven. Then preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Blend all ingredients until completely smooth. Pour filling into pan. Bake until edges of cake begin to pull away from sides of pan and cake begins to brown, almost 55 minutes.
3. Blend items for topping well. Without removing cake from oven, pour evenly over cake, starting at edges, spread if necessary. Bake 10 minutes. Remove and cool on rack. Refrigerate for 12 hours.
4. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Larawithoutau]

I initially found this recipe in the Bon Appetit cookbook. It's almost identical to this one, however, you are to boil the 1/2 c. Frangelico on the stovetop for 3-5 minutes to reduce it, cool and then add to the filling. The instructions also advise to wrap the pan in foil on the underside to catch butter drips, it's an important step, because it did drip! (And to freeze the crust 15 minutes before fillng and baking). Lastly, I thought the 16 oz sour cream topping was a lot, so I halved all the topping ingredients. This was a very good, flavorful cheesecake that I would make again. Cook time should be extended to about 1 hour 15 minutes and then the additional 10 minutes for the topping, otherwise the center won't be firm enough.