white chocolate key lime cheesecake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 4 key limes, zested and juiced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 50 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). lightly grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• sprinkle graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the cream cheese mixture before adding the next.
• mix white chocolate chips, cream, lime juice, and lime zest together in a stainless steel bowl. place bowl over a pot of boiling water.
• stir chocolate chips mixture until the chocolate melts completely and the mixture is smooth, about 5 minutes; pour into the cream cheese mixture and stir to combine. pour the mixture over the graham cracker crumbs in the prepared springform pan.
• bake in preheated oven the cake's center is set, about 75 minutes. cool at room temperature for 15 minutes before refrigerating to chill completely, at least 1 hour.