Ambrosia Cheesecake

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 150 minutes Prep: 60 minutes Cook: 90 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 297 calories per serving view nutrition facts
# of servings this recipe makes 12 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups coconut flaked
1/4 cup almonds chopped
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
24 ounces cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour, all-purpose
2 teaspoons orange zest grated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup apricot nectar
1/2 cup cream of coconut
4 Large eggs
8 ounces pineapple, canned, crushed drained
1 x assorted fruits sliced *
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening melted
1/4 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet) melted
1/4 cup white chocolate chips melted

Directions

*Note: Suggested fruits: bananas, seedless green and red grapes, kiwifruit, canned mandarin-orange slices, strawberries, etc.)

Day before serving: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl, combine coconut, almonds and butter; mix well. Press mixture into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool.

In large bowl of electric mixer, at high speed, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, orange peel and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in apricot nectar and cream of coconut. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended. Stir in pineapple; pour into prepared crust.

Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack; refrigerate overnight.

Just before serving, arrange fruit over top of cake. Stir one teaspoon melted shortening into each of melted semisweet and white chocolates until blended. Place each mixture in a separate small pastry bag fitted with small plain tip; pipe over fruit.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 102g
Amount per Serving
Calories 297 74% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.0g38%
 Saturated Fat 16.0g80%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 69mg23%
Sodium 187mg8%
Total Carbohydrate 16.0g5%
 Dietary Fiber 1.0g4%
 Sugars 10.0g
Protein 5.0g10%
Vitamin A 20%  Vitamin C 13%
Calcium 5%  Iron 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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