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Egg Nog Cheesecake on a red pedstal, decorated with whipped cream, egg nog cookies and dusted with nutmeg and icing sugar.
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5 from 2 votes

Egg Nog Cheesecake

A creamy treat with a hint of rum and nutmeg.
Prep Time35 minutes
Cook Time3 hours
Total Time3 hours 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 641kcal

Ingredients

Frosting

  • 1 cup whipping cream optional - add ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar if planning to make ahead.
  • 1 tablespoon rum I like amber or spiced rum.
  • 1 tablespoon egg nog
  • nutmeg for garnish
  • icing sugar for garnish
  • 4 small cookies (preferably with some chocolate component) I used Lelerc Celebration Egg Nog Cookies.

Instructions

  • Prepare Basic Slow Cooker cheesecake with the variations listed in the notes below. Or use your favourite cheesecake recipe and make similar adjustments. Cheesecake can be made a day or 2 ahead of time.
  • When cheesecake is completely cool, whip the cream with the rum and eggnog.
  • Pipe the whipped cream around the base and make 16 florettes evenly spaced around the top of the cheesecake.
  • Using a very sharp knife carefully cut the cookies in half. Wedge a cookie, straight side down into every second whipped cream florette.
  • Use a fine seive and dust the top and sides of the cheesecake lightly with nutmeg. Then seive a generous amount of icing sugar over the top and sides of the cheesecake (and platter if desired).
  • Cheesecake will keep nicely refrigerated for a day or two. It will last as long as your whipped cream remains stable. (See note 1 to stabilize whipped cream0.
  • This cheesecake also freezes well. Defrost in fridge and then serve.

Notes

Variations for Egg Nog Cheesecake:
  1. Crust - Add 1 tablespoon of rum to the graham cracker base. Proceed as per the recipe. 
  2. Cheesecake - replace ⅓ cup of cream with ⅓ cup of eggnog.
  3.  Whipped cream - if you want to make this a day or 2 ahead add ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar to the whipping cream to stabilize it. 
  4. To replace rum with rum extract  McCormick & Company say for every tablespoon of dark rum  you can substitute ½ tablespoons (1 ½ teaspoons) of rum extract. For 1 tablespoon of white rum, you substitute ½ teaspoon of rum extract.
Nutrition includes Basic Cheesecake and Whipped Topping. It does not include possible variations in the notes.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 641kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 199mg | Sodium: 634mg | Potassium: 198mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 1972IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 1.04mg