"Mom's Cheese Cake Deluxe" by Claudia March

 "Mom's Cheese Cake Deluxe" by Claudia March

Ingredients:  1 med. can crushed pineapple.

                    Graham crackers

                    2 (8 oz) Cream Cheese

                   3/4 Cup Sugar

                   5 eggs

                   1 tsp. Vanilla extract

                   1/2 tsp. Almond extract

Topping:       1 pint sour cream

                    1/2 cup sugar

                     1 tsp. vanilla extract

                     1/2 tsp. almond extract

Pan needed:   Spring pan.

Drain can of crushed pineapple.

Make graham cracker crust in a spring pan according to directions on graham cracker box.

Bake in 350 deg. oven to 8 minutes.

Cream together:  2 (8 oz) cream cheese

                         3/4 cup sugar

Add:                  5 eggs (add these 1 at a time and best well)

Add:                  1 tsp. vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp. almond extract.

Add:                  Drained pineapple and miss well.

Pour ingredients into your spring pan.

Bake for 35 minutes at 350 deg.  Remove from oven, then set your oven for 500 deg.

Mix together:  1 pt. Sour Cream

                     1/2 cup sugar

                     1 tsp. vanilla extract

                     1/2 tsp. almond extract

Pour above mixture over the baked mixture in spring pan.  Place in the 500 deg. oven for 5 minutes.

After removing from oven, grate semi-sweet chocolate on top. 

Refrigerate immediately after baking.  Chill and serve.

This was my Mom's gift to my as my birthday cake every year since I was about 10 years old.  Nothing like this--delicious.