Key Lime Cheesecake Recipe

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Key Lime Cheesecake
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
937
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 10 inch springform/wrapped in foil...oven 350f with hot water bath on center rack
  • crust
  • 3 tsp sugar
  • mix ingredients till they just hold together/ press into the bottom and up the sides of springform. bake about 5-8 minutes to set crust. set aside to cool.
  • filling
  • 3 lg eggs, separated (make sure there is no yolk in the whites).
  • 1/2 cup fresh squeezed keylime juice (or whatever)
  • 11/2 cup plus 3tsp sugar

Directions:

  1. Beat eggwhites JUST until stiff on med speed, sprinkle in 3T sugar beat another two-ish minutes.
  2. Beat together cream cheese and egg yolks till nice and smooth
  3. Add key lime juice and 11/2C sugar beating about another two minutes..till smoooooth
  4. By hand gently fold whites into cream cheese mixture till blended.
  5. Pour batter into pan (it will fill a ten inch) and bake in a hot water bath in center of oven for 45 to 55 minutes. Til tester comes out clean. You might think they're underdone..they look jiggly sometimes. After 45 minutes or when cake tester comes out clean, turn oven off and open door a bit and leave the cake in there for 30 minutes..then remove to wire rack to cool completely Run thin knife around edge before releasing the springform pan. Beautiful paired with fresh berries and a chamborg whipped cream. 12 servings.
  6. NOTE
  7. Don't slide the rack in and out of the oven..remove top rack so you get at the cake.
  8. Don't open oven door for the first 30 minutes of baking..If it's browning too fast, reduce temp to 325.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 936.77 Kcal (3922 kJ)
Calories from fat 700.02 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 77.78g 120%
Cholesterol 272.95mg 91%
Sodium 927.91mg 39%
Potassium 302.42mg 6%
Total Carbs 44.57g 15%
Sugars 18.11g 72%
Dietary Fiber 1.77g 7%
Protein 16.87g 34%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 213.8mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 333.57 Kcal (1397 kJ)
Calories from fat 249.27 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.7g 120%
Cholesterol 97.19mg 91%
Sodium 330.42mg 39%
Potassium 107.69mg 6%
Total Carbs 15.87g 15%
Sugars 6.45g 72%
Dietary Fiber 0.63g 7%
Protein 6.01g 34%
Iron 0.5mg 8%
Calcium 76.1mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 24.9
    Points
  • 26
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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