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Maple and Dulce de Leche Baked Cheesecake with Pretzel Base and Dark Rum

Maple and Dulce de Leche Baked Cheesecake with Pretzel Base and Dark Rum


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  • Author: foodnerd4life
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 12 1x

Ingredients

Scale

For Base

  • 200g Pretzels
  • 50g Pecans
  • 1/4 cup Caster Sugar
  • 125g Unsalted Butter (melted)

For Filling

  • 500g Full Fat Cream Cheese
  • 3/4 cup Caster Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Sour Cream
  • 2 Large Free-Range Eggs
  • 3 tbsp Spiced Rum
  • 1 Jar of Dulce de Leche (around 200g)
  • 100g Pecans (chopped)

Instructions

  1. Oven to 160C. Either use a 20cm round springform tin or 12 muffin hole tray.
  2. In a processor add the pretzels, first lot of pecans and sugar. Blitz until fine crumbs, add the melted butter and pulse until combined. Press the crumbs in the tin to create a firm base and chill while you make the filling.
  3. Whisk the cream cheese and a second lot of sugar until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, eggs and spiced rum. Pour the mixture on chilled base.
  4. Spoon over blobs of the dulce de leche all over then scatter over the chopped pecans. Bake for 30 minutes until set. Chill for a couple of hours before serving.
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

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