7-Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze

Posted on September 12, 2008
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7-Up Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberry Glaze

Crumb Crust Ingredients:

  • 2 cup Graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup Butter; melted
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon

7-Up Filling

  • 1 pk Unflavored gelatin
  • 1 1/2 cup 7-up; divided
  • 1 sm Lemon pudding & pie filling, not instant
  • 6 tb Sugar
  • 2 Eggs; beaten
  • 3/4 cup Water
  • 11 oz Cream cheese; softened

Strawberry Glaze:

  1. 1/2 cup Strawberry jelly; melted
  2. Fresh strawberries or unsweetened frozen, thawed whole strawberries

Crust Procedures:

  1. Combine well the graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter.
  2. Press onto bottom and partway up sides of buttered 9? springform pan; chill.

Filling Procedures:

  1. Soften unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup 7-up for 4 minutes.
  2. In a saucepan combine pie filling, sugar, beaten eggs and water. Blend well.
  3. Add 1-1/4 cup 7-up and bring just to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly; remove from heat.
  4. Stir in softened gelatin; cool 3 minutes.
  5. Add 1/2 cup of this warm mixture to softened cream cheese; mash together.
  6. Mix together with remaining 7-up mixture and stir until well blended.
  7. Turn into chilled crust and chill for at least 8 hours.
  8. Remove from pan and add topping.

Topping Procedures:

  1. Brush top of chilled cheesecake with melted jelly.
  2. Arrange strawberries upright on cake and spoon any remaining melted jelly over them.
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