This coconut cheesecake taste like piƱa coladas and is so delicious
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cheesecake, Coconut, Pina Colada
Author Lyuba Brooke
Ingredients
For Crust:
1 1/2cupsgraham cracker crumbs
1/4cupdark brown sugar
5tbsbuttermelted
1tspvanilla
1 1/2tbsfinely minced coconut flakes
For Cheesecake:
3 8-ozcream cheese packs
3/4cupof Cream of Coconut
2tbssour cream
2eggs
1tspvanilla extract
1 1/2tbscorn starch
1/2cupof sugar
3tbsfinely minced coconut flakes
For Topping:
1 1/2cupsshredded sweetened coconut
3tbsof Cream of Coconut
Instructions
~ Grease a 9-inch spring form, set aside. Preheat the oven to 325.
For crust: Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter, minced coconut and vanilla. Stir very well, until all incorporated. Press graham cracker mixture into the pan, evenly, all over the bottom and about half way up the side.
Cheesecake:
Start beating the cream cheese and sugar with a mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes.
Add the vanilla extract, sour cream, and cream of coconut. Mix until combined.
Add the eggs, one at the time, beating after each addition.
Add the corn starch and coconut flakes. Make sure that all ingredients are well combined.
For topping, combine the coconut flakes (not minced) and cream of coconut, mix well and set aside.
Pour the cheesecake batter into the pan with crust. Bake for 50 minutes.
Take the cheesecake out and spread the topping evenly over the top. Bake for another 7-10 minutes.