PUMPKIN MARBLE CHEESECAKE
PUMPKIN MARBLE CHEESECAKE
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup margarine
Combine and press onto bottom and 1 1/2″ up the sides of a 9″ springform pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
2 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
Instructions:
Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reserve 1 cup of batter.Add remaining sugar, pumpkin, and spices to batter and mix well. Spoon batters alternately over crust and cut through mbatters with knife to make marble effect.
Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. Turn off oven and leave pan in oven while it cools down. Loosen cake from rim of pan. Chill. Garnish this with little mounds of whipped cream sprinkled with cinnamon.


