On Jan 4, 11:53*am, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
> Cheesecake is really popular in our family and I've made many over the
> years, but I have a special request from a granddaughter to make one
> this weekend. She is coming home Sunday and we're going to finally
> celebrate Christmas with her, and that's what she wants. Since I have
> never made one, I searched online and found two recipes that sounded the
> best.
>
> One is from the Taste Of Home site and the other is from allrecipes.com.
> One uses 2 tbsp, real rum and the other uses 1/2 tsp. rum flavoring. The
> one with the real stuff sounds better to me. Also one is baked in a pan
> with water in it, after wrapping foil snuggly around the outside of the
> pan, and I can't recall ever baking any cheesecake using that method.
> What would the object of that be, and what difference would it make in
> the cheesecake I wonder?
>
> Has anyone here ever made a Eggnog Cheesecake, and if so, would you mind
> sharing your recipe, if it turned out real good. I'd rather make
> something tried 'n' true and know it will be tasty. Thanking you in
> advance!
>
> Judy

I'm leery about using water and foil....what if it leaked?
Also....real rum. It bakes off and it's a better flavor.