Marmalade-Glazed Orange Cheesecake

YUM. I blended the cottage cheese extra long in the food processor at every step and this cheesecake turned out wonderfully. I even used my tart pan instead of my spring form pan and it lifted out of the scalloped edge beautifully. I had to fill it right up to the tip-top, though. The scalloped edge allowed the marmalade topping to drip down nicely. I used ginger snaps instead of vanilla wafers and loved it. I have a couple of family members who resent my use of low-fat dairy products, and even they loved this recipe. Score!

YUM. I blended the cottage cheese extra long in the food processor at every step and this cheesecake turned out wonderfully. I even used my tart pan instead of my spring form pan and it lifted out of the scalloped edge beautifully. I had to fill it right up to the tip-top, though. The scalloped edge allowed the marmalade topping to drip down nicely.I used ginger snaps instead of vanilla wafers and loved it. I have a couple of family members who resent my use of low-fat dairy products, and even they loved this recipe. Score!

The store I went to only sold reduced cream cheese by 8 oz pkg, so went with that. Also the cottage cheese was only sold by 16 oz pkg, so I went with that. I used the regular granulated sugar (not the brown). I do own a food processor and I ground the cottage cheese pretty darn well, but there were still a few very small bits in the final product. I mention this as on observation, it didn't detract from the look or flavor. Now, I made this because my mom _specifically_ said she saw an orange cream cheese somewhere and craved it. I wanted to make one for her birthday, but I just can't stand the thought of the calories involved in a regular cheesecake, so I was excited to find this recipe. I made it for her birthday dinner. It got RAVE reviews, everyone loved it, including mom, hubby, myself and kids. That's a keeper! It's very luxuriously creamy , yet light and not as dense as a regular cake, but honestly, regular cheesecake is too dense, this has a very nice balance and it strikes a bright note, thanks to the orange zest. I would make this again for a birthday, company or potluck, no problem!

Easter Dessert I made this for my family's Easter dessert. It turned out pretty well, I don't have a food processor so I tried to blend the cottage cheese in the blender and it didn't turn out as "silky" as I would have liked, and you could kinda tell in the finished product, but it still tasted pretty good. I followed the recipe almost exactly, I used regular cream cheese instead of low-fat however. I would defiantly make it again. And make sure you use the water bath. Mine didn't crack but I'm not sure if that was the reason or not! =)