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Key Lime Cheesecake With Strawberry-Butter Sauce

Key Lime Cheesecake With Strawberry-Butter Sauce is built on Sugar, Butter Or Margarine Melted, Cream Cheese Softened, Key Lime Juice, and Powdered Sugar. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 3 pkg
• 1 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Combine first 3 ingredients, and firmly press mixture onto bottom and 1 ″ up sides of a buttered 9 ″ springform pan.

2. 2

   Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well.

3. 3

   Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.

4. 4

   Stir in sour cream, rind, and juice.

5. 5

   Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour batter into crust.

6. 6

   Bake at 350F degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off.

7. 7

   Partially open oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes.

8. 8

   Remove from oven, and immediately run a knife around sides of cheesecake to loosen.

9. 9

   Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and refrigerate 8 hours.

10. 10

    Serve with Strawberry-Butter Sauce.

11. 11

    Strawberry-Butter Sauce: Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add strawberries. Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides.

12. 12

    Stir in remaining ingredients. Yield: 1 cup.