Coconut Strawberry Rum Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. These are all the ingredients you will be using for this recipe. It looks like alot but mostly it is just repetitive of what you will be using for the filling and the topping.
• 2. Melt 1/4 cup butter for the crust. (I tend to use less.) Add the graham crackers and the sweetened coconut. Now preparing the crust you can use a . you want to The recipe states to add the 1/4 cup of butter i don't use much go ahead and add all if you preffer eye ball it I preffer a little more of a crumb look
• 3. Make sure all ingredient are folded well as you see in the picture
• 4. Press mixture over the bottom of prepared 8 or 9 inch springform pan with 2 inch sides, bake crust apx 10 minutes - edges are lightly brown. Remove and let cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees
• 5. Using an electric, beat together first four filling ingredients in a large bowl until blended. Mix thoroughly.
• 6. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 7. Using a spatula, stir in sweetened cream of coconut (such as Coco Lopez.)
• 8. Add coconut cream (such as Faraon brand.)
• 9. Stir in 1/4 cup rum... or a little more if you want. :)
• 10. Once the crust has cooled, pour filling into crust.
• 11. It should now look like this.
• 12. Lay out 2 layers of heavy duty foil; set cake pan on top of the foil and lift into a large roasting pan. Fold sides up to create a bowl with the foil. Add enough water in the roasting pan to creat a water bath so your cheesecake won't crack. Make sure the cake pan fits inside the roasting pan.
• 13. Bake cake in roasting pan for 1 hour. Remove foil. Bake until cake is pale brown, puffed and just set in the center, about 40 minutes. Set your pan on your cool stove (still in the water bath) for 2 hours. Remove from water and then gently remove sides of springform pan. Chill cake for 3 hours. This part may be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.
• 14. For Fresh Strawberry Jam: In a saucepan, combine 1/4 cup of Malibu Rum, 7 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 cup of water. and 1 cup diced strawberries. Let simmer until thickened. (Use a smasher to smash the strawberries down, if desired.)
• 15. Add 4 tbs of cornstarch, stir and strain to remove any lumps. Serve with cake.
• 16. Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees and for better results if you own a oven thermometer put it inside the oven to get accurate temp. Let it reheat for at least 20Minutes while your preping all your ingredients. I Use double foild so water wont get into the cheesecake batter. I Usually leave my cheesecake in the over for another 30 Minutes after the time has expired from baking with the water still on because the water bath is still hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Wrap outside of 9 inch diameter springform pan with
• 2 3/4-inch high sides with foil. Mix graham cracker crumbs, 1 1/2 cups coconut, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and butter in small bowl. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of pan.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add cream of coconut, cream, 1 cup coconut, vanilla extract and lemon juice and beat until well blended. Pour filling into crust. Bake until puffed and set in center, about 1 hour 25 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Remove pan sides. Sprinkle remaining coconut around edge of cake.

Steps:

• For crust; preheat oven to 350*F.
• Brush 9 inch diameter cake pan with 2 inch sides with 1 TBs melted butter.
• Line oan with parchment paper; lightly brush paper with some of melted butter.
• Blend crumbs, coconut, sugar and remaining butter in medium bowl.
• Press mixture over bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake crust until lightly browned at edges, about 10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300*F.
• For filling; Using electric mixer, beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl until blended.
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• Beat in cream of coconut and rum.
• Pour batter over crust.
• Place cake pan in a large roasting pan.
• Add enough water to roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of cake pan.
• Cover roasting pan with foil.
• Bake cake 1 hour.
• Remove foil.
• Bake until cake is pale brown, puffed, and just set in center, about 40 minutes.
• Cool cake in water bath 2 hours.
• Remove from water; run knife around cake to loosen.
• Chill cake in pan 3 hours.
• (can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.).
• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Place cake in oven 2 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Place sheet of foil, then 10 inch diameter cardboard round or tart pan bottom on top of cake.
• Turn cake over.
• Shake gently, allowing cake to settle onto foil and round.
• Remove pan and parchment.
• Place plater atop cake and turn cake right side up onto platter.
• Remove round and foil.
• For topping; simmer jam and 2 TBS water in small saucepan.
• Brush top of cake with warm jam.
• Overlap berries atop cake, covereing completely.
• Brush remaining jam over berries and chill.
• (Can be prepared up to 8 hours ahead).