Egg Nog Cheesecake
A creamy treat with a hint of rum and nutmeg.
Prep Time35 minutes mins
Cook Time3 hours hrs
Total Time3 hours hrs 35 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 641kcal
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.
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.
Variations for Egg Nog Cheesecake:
- Crust - Add 1 tablespoon of rum to the graham cracker base. Proceed as per the recipe.
- Cheesecake - replace ⅓ cup of cream with ⅓ cup of eggnog.
- 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.
- 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.
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