The Big Cheese Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar. Pat into the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of an 8-in. springform pan. Chill. , For filling, beat cream cheese and eggs in a bowl on medium speed for 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and salt. Continue beating until well blended, about 1 minute. Pour into crust. , Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. For topping, combine the sour cream and remaining sugar and vanilla in a small bowl; spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes longer. Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix graham crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
• Top with pie filling before serving.

Steps:

• Cut a 6 by 4-inch rectangle from a piece of paper place on top of the cakes center.
• Insert toothpicks in cake at corners of rectangle to mark area for label set pattern aside.
• With a melon ball cutter or sharp knife, cut holes in cake in various places outside the rectangle.
• Remove toothpicks frost sides and top of cake, spreading frosting deep into the holes.
• Gently place pattern atop frosting in the center of the cake and trace around it with a toothpick.
• With blue decorator icing and writing tip, retrace lines of rectangle.
• Make a line across rectangle about 1 1/2 inches from bottom.
• With red decorator icing write message above line.
• With green gel, write message below line.