Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake | Not Just For Thanksgiving


	Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake "Not just for Thanksgiving" This recipe for pumpkin cheesecakeis it a part of my pumpkin dessert recipes collection. Although I've only made it for Thanksgiving, there's no rule that says you can't make it any other time. We use pumpkin quite often in Italian dessert recipes, but the one thing that makes this stand out is the ginger snaps in the crust. I have another recipe (my rum ball recipe) which uses ginger snaps. It seems we borrow a bit of ginger from our neighbors to the East of us. This recipe for pumpkin cheesecake doesn't hold any other surprises - the ginger snaps are it. It calls for cream cheese, which is not a huge staple in Italian cakes, but we bend a bit for the cheese cakes. There are a few substitutions and ideas in the section below if you want to swap things out. And if this isn't exactly what you were looking for - scroll below to see a list of all the recipes I have for Italian cakes. And if you are dead set on cooking with pumpkin see my collection of pumpkin dessert recipes. Thanks for stopping by - Lisa Italian Dessert Recipes Website Owner and Developer Hey - please, "Like Me. Like Me. Like Me". (On the 'left' is my Facebook Page for Italian dessert recipes.) Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake YIELD: 16 slices (9 inch spring form pan) INGREDIENTS: * 38 ginger snaps crushes * 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts * 1/4 cup butter melted * 4 - 8 oz each - packages of cream cheese ( store brand is fine) * 1 cup of sugar * 1 - 15 oz can of pumpkin * 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice * 1 tsp vanilla * 4 eggs Procedure: * Preheat the oven to 325 degrees * Mix ginger snaps, walnuts and butter - press into the bottom and 1 inch up the side of a 9 inch spring form pan * Beat ( really well) cream cheese and sugar with your mixer until it's blended * Add pumpkin, the spice and vanilla - mix well * Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until it's blended after each egg * Pour into the crust * Bake 1 hour and 20 mins (really!) or until the center is almost set * Loosen the cake (run a knife around the edge) before pulling off the rim * Refrigerate at least 4 hours so that it's cool to serve. Substitutions and Questions What can I use instead of ginger snaps? It will be bland but you can use: graham crackers vanilla wafers Do I have to use walnuts? Nah. We just them and almonds a lot in Italian dessert recipes. But pecans would work just fine. I just don't happen to use them much, but it's a decent swap. Back to the top of the recipe for pumpkin cheesecake. Other Italian Cake Recipes Almond Cake Recipe Amaretto Cake Recipe Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake *Apple Pound* Cake Applesauce Cake Recipe Beer Cake Blueberry Cake Recipe Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe Cappuccino Cake Caramel Cake Cassata Cake Chocolate Amaretto Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Chocolate Torte Recipe Chocolate Walnut Cake Coconut Layer Cake Coconut Cake Recipe Date Bread Double Chocolate Brownie Recipe Eggnog Cake Recipe Flourless Chocolate Torte Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Cake Italian Cream Cake Recipe Italian Rum Cake Recipe Jelly Roll Recipe Key Lime Cake Lady Fingers Recipe Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Mint Brownie Recipe Peach Cake Recipe Poppyseed Cake Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Pear Cake Recipe Pineapple Carrot Cake Pistachio Cake Recipe Plum Cake Recipe Pumpkin Cake Pumpkin Bread Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake Ricotta Cake Spice Cake Recipe Sour Cream Cake Recipe The BEST Tiramisu Recipe Walnut Cake Recipe Whipped Cream Recipe Yogurt Cake Frostings - Glazes - Icings Click here to see my cake frosting recipes. Fathers Day I can already tell you the main recipes that are viewed on Italian Dessert Recipes during the last few weeks before Fathers Day - CHOCOLATE desserts, CHOCOLATE CAKES, CHOCOLATE cheesecake - basically anything chocolate. Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings. So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day: Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor Chocolate Walnut Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!) And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations: Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.) Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**

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