Kelli's Mounds Cheesecake

• 2 cups vanilla wafer
• oreo crumbs
• 1-1/2 cup coconut
• 2 tbsp. butter, melted
• 2 lb. cream cheese, unwrapped and microwaved for 2 minutes on high
• 5 x-lg. eggs, unshelled and warmed in microwave for 25 seconds
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 tsp. coconut extract
• 1 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1 cup almonds, coarsly chopped

1. Crust: Mix ingredients and pat into bottom of springform pan.
2. Filling: Beat cheese until light and fluffy.
3. Add sugar and beat again.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
5. Add cream, cornstarch and extract.
6. Mix well.
7. Stir in nuts.
8. Pour into pan.
9. Bake at 425F for 15 minutes with a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven.
10. Reduce temperature to 300F and bake 1 hour longer.
11. Run knife around edge of cake.
12. Cool.
13. Top with melted chocolate and whole almonds.

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Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/3647 (may not work)