Unbaked Cherry Cheesecake

Submitted by mumoffour

"I got this recipe from my mother. I have been making it myself for the last 18 years and my family just adores it. It is a christmas tradition in our house!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• Filling

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• Crust

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 5 tablespoons white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup melted butter

• Topping

• 1 (19 ounce) can cherry pie filling (blueberry works well also)

directions

1. Blend creamcheese and icing sugar well.
2. In a separate bowl, combine whipcream and vanilla till soft peaks.
3. Add whipcream mixture to creamcheese mixture and beat well.
4. Set aside and prepare crust.
5. Combine graham crumbs and sugar.
6. Add melted butter.
7. Press into the bottom of a 9 or 10 inch springform pan, or into a 10 inch pie plate going up the sides a bit.
8. Pour filling into crust.
9. Add your topping and chill for about 1 hour.

Reviews

[Chefaiath]

This is the cheesecake i grew up with. Its my husbands favourite. This is not like a baked cheesecake. This cheesecake is much lighter. Its so wonderfully simple too! Make sure to use real whipping cream. My mom started using cool whip. It SUCKS.