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Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake

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Have your shortcake and eat your cheesecake too! This strawberry-topped dessert has layers of both.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

6 hr

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

round prepared sponge cake (6 oz.), 12 inch

Tbsp. strawberry jam, melted

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/2

cup sugar

Tbsp. vanilla

eggs

1-1/2

cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

1-1/2

cups fresh strawberries, sliced

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

REMOVE rim from 9-inch springform pan; set aside. Place bottom of pan on sponge cake; use as pattern to trim sponge cake to fit inside springform pan. Reserve cake trimmings for snacking or another use. Reassemble springform pan. Place cake in pan; brush with jam.

BEAT cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over cake.

BAKE 35 to 40 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours. Spread cheesecake with COOL WHIP just before serving; top with berries.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

You'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy a serving of this delicious cheesecake.

Food Facts

Sponge cakes are often labelled as "shortcakes" or "sponge flan cakes." During the summer months, these cakes can typically be found displayed with the fresh strawberries in the produce section of the supermarket.

Substitute

Substitute 6 (1/2-inch-thick) pound cake slices for the trimmed sponge cake round. Arrange in single layer on bottom of springform pan, trimming slices as necessary to completely cover bottom of pan.

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a cook

posted:6/19/2012

I like the idea but I had to tweak it. What I did was: Made a thin white cake. Then I cut out circles to fit in my mini muffin pan. I used different jams too I did strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, and peach. (brush with whichever jam then top with matching fruit.) They turned out really well. Plus they were cute little minis.

itsjessicarose

posted:4/22/2012

The only reason I gave this four stars is because I changed it quite a bit due so the fact that the only sponge cake I could find were the little one serving ones, so I thought, strawberries... chocolate... how about a brownie crust? And it worked like a charm. Was actually really good. :D

SNewhall01

posted:4/14/2012

Loved it, ended up not have the strawberry jam so used strawberry pie filling, and put the extra on top after it was baked.

Beattey