Cardamom Crust

Cardamom Crust

Ingredients:
1 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Assemble crust: Mix crumbs, sugar, cardamom, melted butter right in a 9−inch springform pan and
spread out. Pat down to form crust and refrigerate for 2 or more hours.
Filling: Mix cream cheese and sugar until well mixed, 3 minutes on a medium mixer setting. Add egg
and yolk one at a time and mix well after each addition. Remember to scrape bowl. Add cream of
coconut, rum, blue liqueur, pineapple juice, sour cream and salt; mix well. Pour into pan. Wrap the
pan in aluminum foil all around and around the edges. Put in a roasting pan with hot water 1/2 inch up
the sides of the pan. Put in the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour. After one hour, crack open the oven
door for an hour. Remove cake from oven.
Chill. Garnish with pineapple chunks mixed with orange concentrate juice.
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