Butter Pecan Cheese Cake with Spun Sugar

This is one of my most requested Cheesecakes. It is really spectacular but much easier than it looks. It is a bit time consuming, but well worth the effort. You will definitely "Wow" your friends and family with this one.

Butter Pecan Cheesecake

yield: One 8 or 9 inch cake

Graham Crust: 1 1/3 Cups of Graham Wafer Crumbs

1/3 Cup of Melted Butter or Margarine

2 Tablespoons of Sugar

Mix together in a bowl and press on the bottom and up the sides (about 1 inch) of a 8 or 9 inch, round springform pan and set aside.

Filling: 3 (250 g) Packages of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature

3/4 Cups of Sugar

3 Large Eggs

2 Heaping Tablespoons of Sour Cream

1 Tablespoon of Vanilla

1 Cup of Pecan Pieces

2 Tablespoons of Butterscotch Sundae Sauce

Blend first five ingredients together until smooth. Spread half of batter over graham crust. Sprinkle pecans over this and drizzle with butterscotch sauce. Top with remaining half of cream cheese batter. Bake in preheated 325 F oven on center rack for approx. 1 hour or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Ganache Topping: Yields enough to top two cheesecakes

1/4 Cup of Heavy Cream

1 1/2 Cups of Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

Bring cream to boil over high heat in a small saucepan. Remove from heat as soon as it reaches the boiling point. Add chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. Spread over warm or cooled cheesecake.

Spun Sugar: 1 Cup of Sugar

1/2 Cup of Water

Put ingredients in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil, without stirring or moving the pan around. Let it boil for approx. five minutes, or until you notice the syrup beginning to turn a light golden color. Remove from heat and set aside. It will continue to darken slightly because of the heat in the pan. Once it cools for about 3 - 5 minutes and begins to thicken and thread from the spoon. drop from teaspoon onto parchment lined baking sheets to form your decorations. Once the decorations are cooled completely, remove them & add to your finished cheesecake.

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