Roasted Sweet-potato Cheese cake

By biedy

Ingredients

• SWEET POATATOES
• 2 orange- flesh sweet potatoes(1&1/4 to 1&1/2 lbs)
• 1 tbsp. melted butter
• PECAN CRUST
• 1/4 cub chopped pecans
• 1 &1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 5 tbsp melted butter
• CHEESECAKE & TOPPING
• 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 packages (8ozeach) cream cheese at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cip packed light brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup each whipping cream,sour cream and maple syrup
• 1 &1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• MAPLE CREAM
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup maple syrup

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

1.prepare sweet potatoes: preheat oven to 375. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into half lengthwise. place in a 9 by 13 inch baking pan and brush with butter. bake until soft when pressed, 45 to 55 minutes.
2. meanwhile, make pecan crust: whirl pecans in a blender until finely ground< you should have about 1/4 cup.
In a Bowl, combine pecans grahamcracker crumbs granulated sugar and butter. pour into a 9 in. spring- form pan.press mixture evenlyover bottom of pan. Bake crust in same oven with potatoes until lightly browned all over, about 10 to 12 minutes
3.MAKE CHEESECAKE. scrape any charred spots off the potatoesthen cut them into chunks in a food processor or mash in a bowl with lemon juice until smooth. reserve one cup save any extra for other uses.
4. Reduce oven temp to 325. in a bowl with a mixer beat creamcheese until fluffy. grandully beast in sugar until blended,scraping bowl occasionally. add eggs 1 at a time until blended. add sweet potato mixture,whipping cream,sour cream,maple syrup and spices. mix on low speed until well blended.
5. wrap bottom of cheescake pan with heavy duty foil about half way up the sides. pour batter over crust into pan. put cheescake pan into roasting pan. Add about 2 inches of boiling water to roasting pan(about half way up cheescake pan)
6. Bake until cheescake is barely jiggley in the center when gently shaken about 1 hour. let cool completely before removing from pan