Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake
- 1 crumb-crust
- 1/2 made with finely ground gingersnaps
- 3 (8-ounces) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 15-ounce can solid-pack pumpkin
- Make crumb crust with gingersnaps instead of graham crackers as directed in separate recipe.
- Preheat oven to 550F.
- Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and flour with an electric mixer until smooth and add whole eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between additions.
- Transfer 2 1/2 cups filling to another bowl and beat yolks, spices, and pumpkin into remaining filling until smooth.
- Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan.
- Pour half of pumpkin filling into crust, then half of plain.
- Repeat procedure with remaining fillings (springform pan will be completely full), drizzling the plain so that some of pumpkin filling is still visible.
- Gently swirl a small spoon once through batters in a figure-eight pattern without touching crust.
- Bake in baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven 12 minutes, or until puffed.
- Reduce temperature to 200F and bake 30 minutes (do not open oven).
- Dome a piece of lightly oiled foil over cake and continue baking until mostly firm (center will still be slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken), about 1 hour more.
- Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on a rack.
- Chill, loosely covered, at least 6 hours.
- Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate.
- Bring to room temperature before serving.
crumbcrust, ground gingersnaps, cream cheese, sugar, allpurpose, eggs, vanilla, egg yolks, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground allspice, nutmeg, solidpack pumpkin
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/marbled-pumpkin-cheesecake-102593 (may not work)