Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust

2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs

1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

Filling

2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 eggs

1 cup canned pumpkin

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

Combine crumbs and butter. Press onto bottom and sides of a 9" spring form.

Combine cheese, 1/2 cup of sugar and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.

Reserve 1 cup of cheese mix.

Ad pumpkin, remaining sugar and spices to remaining cheese mixture. Mix well.

Layer half of pumpkin mixture and half of cheese mixture over crust. Repeat layers. Cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect.

Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. Loosen cake an cool completely before removing. Chill.

Description

I can only quote my son's wife....This is the best cheesecake I have ever had!

Servings

10

Notes

This is just lovely, It is so smooth and creamy and looks so pretty. This picture is of the one that I made.

Source

My classmate from Boston University, Rhea Wasserman. I appreciate her sharing this.