White Chocolate Key Lime Cheesecake

Key limes and white chocolate make a great pair, doubly so when they meet in cheesecake, because everybody loves cheesecake!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 550 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips
• 4 key limes, zested and juiced
• 0.5 cup heavy whipping cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.

Step 2

Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of the prepared pan.

Step 3

Beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the cream cheese mixture before adding the next.

Step 4

Mix white chocolate chips, cream, lime juice, and lime zest together in a stainless steel bowl. Place bowl over a pot of boiling water.

Step 5

Stir chocolate chips mixture until the chocolate melts completely and the mixture is smooth, about 5 minutes; pour into the cream cheese mixture and stir to combine. Pour the mixture over the graham cracker crumbs in the prepared springform pan.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven the cake's center is set, about 75 minutes. Cool at room temperature for 15 minutes before refrigerating to chill completely, at least 1 hour.