Key Lime Cheesecake With Strawberry-Butter Sauce

* Exported from MasterCook *

KEY LIME CHEESECAKE WITH STRAWBERRY-BUTTER SAUCE

Recipe By : Southern Living Magazine
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pies, Cakes & Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Cheesecake:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- melted
3 packages cream cheese (8 ounces each) -- softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
6 large eggs -- separated
1 carton sour cream (8 ounce)
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime rind
1/2 cup Key lime juice

Strawberry-Butter Sauce:
1 1/4 cups fresh strawberries -- hulled
1/4 cup butter or margarine -- melted
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime rind

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

Bake at 350F degrees for 8 minutes; cool.

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy;
gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time,
beating after each addition. Stir in sour cream, rind, and juice.

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

Bake at 350F degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes; turn oven off. Partially open
oven door; let cheesecake cool in oven 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and
immediately run a knife around sides of cheesecake to loosen. Cool
completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and refrigerate 8 hours. Serve with
Strawberry-Butter Sauce.

Strawberry-Butter Sauce: Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add
strawberries. Process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Yield: 1 cup.

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