Judy's Key Lime Cheesecake

By Gams

Ingredients

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs, separated
• 1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream
• 1 1/2 tsp. grated lime rind
• 1/2 cups Key lime juice

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 85mins
Adapted from southernfood.about.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Heat the oven to 350° F (180° C/Gas Mark 4).

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well. Firmly press mixture in bottom and 1" up sides of a buttered 9" springform pan. Bake crust at 350° F (180° C/Gas Mark 4) for 8 minutes; cool in pan on a wire rack.

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.

Stir in sour cream, lime rind, and Key lime juice.

Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour batter into prepared crust, and bake at 350° F (180° C/Gas Mark 4) 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 edge of pan to release sides.

Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cover and chill 8 hours.