I have a cookbook called The Cheesecake Bible
This recipe is absolutely delicious! It was so good that I ended up giving the last three pieces away to a neighbor because I wanted some every time I passed by the cake plate! It’s creamy and full of orange flavor, any orange lover will adore this dessert. I did substitute drained yogurt for the sour cream simply because I didn’t have any on hand. It worked out just fine. I also used fiberts (hazelnuts) instead of almonds as that’s what I had on hand.
Let me know if you try this, is is truly fabulous!
Mandarin Orange Cheesecake
Adapted from The Cheesecake Bible by George Geary
Mandarin Orange Cheesecake
The creamy, dreamy cheesecake for orange dessert lovers.
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Crust
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- ¾ cup almonds toasted and ground (I used filberts AKA hazelnuts)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
Filling
- 3 packages each 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup sour cream I used vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup frozen orange juice concentrate thawed
- 1-1/2 Tablespoons orange zest preferably mandarin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 small mandarin oranges broken into segments (can substitute 1 can (10 ounces) mandarin orange segments, drained)
Topping
- 1-1/2 cup sour cream I used vanilla yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice preferably mandarin
Decoration
- ½ cup whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare pan: 9-inch cheesecake pan, ungreased, or springform pan with 3-inch sides, greased.
Crust
- In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, almonds, and butter.
- Press into bottom of cheesecake pan and freeze.
Filling
- In a mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, butter and sugar on medium-high speed until very smooth, for 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Stir in sour cream, orange juice concentrate, orange zest and vanilla.
- Fold in orange segments by hand.
- Pour over frozen crust, smoothing out to sides of pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until top is light brown and center has a slight jiggle to it, 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool on the counter for 10 minutes (do not turn the oven off). The cake will sink slightly.
Topping
- In a small bowl, combine sour cream, sugar and orange juice.
- Pour into center of cooled cake and spread out to edges.
- Bake for 5 minutes more. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 2 hours.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours before decorating or serving.
Decoration
- In a well-chilled bowl, whip cream on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. With the mixer still running, sprinkle sugar into cream and continue whipping until firm peaks form.
- Ice top of cheesecake or pipe a border around cake, if desired.
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Amanda Davis is the entrepreneurial mom of four grown children and four step children. She and her husband, Chef Antoine, love to cook together creating recipes for this blog. Amanda also make kid's crafts and creates decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also a craft book author five times over and product developer as well as the owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com. You can find her on social media by using the buttons to the left!
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Deanna says
OMG. This is so good.
Becky says
I just pulled this out of the oven and it’s really wobbly in the center. Is that normal?
Amanda Formaro says
sorry just seeing this. Yes, that should have been fine. After it sits, cools, and then you chill it, it should have set ok. How was it?
Mary Hodges says
Amanda, this looks incredible. I can’t wait to try it. Can you tell me the best way to get the cheesecake off the bottom of the spring form pan and onto a serving plate? I’ve never figured that out…and I never want to mess up my gorgeous cheesecake trying a way that doesn’t work…
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Mary! I have used an icing spatula and slid it underneath the cheesecake to slide it onto the cake plate. You could also use an oversized piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the pan. This will leave edges of paper sticking out, but when you remove the sides you should be able to lift the cheesecake with the paper :)
Amanda says
Thanks Rachelle :) It's Very yummy, you will definitely enjoy it, I know I did!
Rachelle @ "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" says
This caught my eye in your sidebar, YUM! It looks so good! I may have to bookmark this one.
TeaLady says
I love mandarin oranges in cheese cake – with a little coconut and cherry it is very tropical.
This recipe does well with splenda by the way. I rarely put sugar in my cheesecakes, cause I like to go low carb when I can (course with Dorie….. nuff said.)
Looks delicious.
SUGAR B says
What an awesome cheesecake! :)
pinkstripes says
Your cheesecake looks amazing!
finsmom says
Such a heavenly sounding cheesecake! I love madarin oranges :)
Ingrid says
Yum, that sounds refreshing. Looks Great, too!
Hope you had a Happy & safe 4th!
~ingrid
Katrina says
I think this should be cruel and unusual punishment! ;)
Seriously, it looks SOOO good!
Debbie says
That is one delicious looking cheesecake Amanda! I'd love to try this….
Chef Fresco says
Looks very moist and delicious!
Culinary Cory says
I can't believe how light and creamy your cheesecake looks. I love the idea of using mandarin oranges. Such a unique twist on cheesecake.
MaryBeth says
OMG…All I can say is YUM!!!
Chow and Chatter says
this looks amazing
Barbara Bakes says
Looks creamy and delicious. I love the design on the topping!
Heidi says
I want that cookbook! My friend at work brought an amazing pumpkin cheesecake recipe the other day and I can't wait to get my hands on that recipe. YUM YUM :P