White Chocolate Key Lime Cheesecake
Description
Key limes and white chocolate make a great pair, doubly so when they meet in cheesecake, because everybody loves cheesecake!
Ingredients
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2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
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4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
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1 cup white sugar
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4 eggs
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1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips
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1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
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4 key limes, zested and juiced
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
2
Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan.
3
Beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the cream cheese mixture before adding the next.
4
Mix white chocolate chips, cream, lime juice, and lime zest together in a stainless steel bowl. Place bowl over a pot of boiling water.
5
Stir chocolate chips mixture until the chocolate melts completely and the mixture is smooth, about 5 minutes; pour into the cream cheese mixture and stir to combine. Pour the mixture over the graham cracker crumbs in the prepared springform pan.
6
Bake in preheated oven the cake's center is set, about 75 minutes. Cool at room temperature for 15 minutes before refrigerating to chill completely, at least 1 hour.