Sweet Potato Cheesecake with Praline Topping
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This Sweet Potato Cheesecake with Praline Topping is a cheesecake lover’s dream! A decadent and creamy cheesecake has mashed sweet potatoes whipped in & then the entire thing is topped in a caramel pecan praline topping that takes it over the top!
Several years ago, I ended up with a surplus of sweet potatoes. A farmer friend had a huge harvest and blessed my family with loads and loads of them. I had a lot of fun experimenting with different sweet potato recipes and this Sweet Potato Cheesecake is one of the best things that I came up with! To take it to an entirely different level, I made a praline topping for the cheesecake.
It ended up being one of the best desserts that I have created to date and one of the very best cheesecakes that I have ever eaten.
Ingredients
For the crust:
- Graham crackers
- White sugar
- Melted butter
For the cheesecake:
- Cooked & mashed sweet potatoes
- Cream cheese
- White sugar
- Sour cream
- Heavy whipping cream
- Eggs
For the topping:
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Heavy whipping cream
- Chopped pecans
How To Make Sweet Potato Cheesecake
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, & melted butter. Press into the bottom of a springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.
- Combine mashed sweet potatoes, cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, & heavy cream. Beat in eggs. Pour the filling into the crust.
- Bake at 350 for 70 minutes. Let cool inside of the oven for an hour with the door ajar.
- Mix brown sugar & butter together in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil & then mix in cream & nuts.
- Pour the topping over the cheesecake while the topping is still warm. Refrigerate.
Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Ingredients
For the crust
- 10 graham crackers, pulsed into crumbs
- 1/4 Cup White sugar
- 1/4 Cup Butter Melted
For the cheesecake
- 1.5 Cups Cooked & mashed sweet potatoes
- Three 8 Oz Packages of cream cheese At room temperature
- 1 Cup white sugar
- 1/3 Cup Sour cream
- 1/4 Cup Heavy whipping cream
- 3 Eggs
For the topping:
- 3/4 Cup Packed brown sugar
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/4 Cup Heavy whipping cream
- 1 Cup Chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Mix together graham cracker crumbs, ¼ cup sugar, and ¼ cup melted butter. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9½ inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.
- Transfer 1½ cups of sweet potato puree to a large bowl. Add cream cheese, scant cup of sugar, sour cream and ¼ cup cream; beat until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well after each until creamy.
- Pour filling into crust.Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean- about 70 minutes. Turn off the oven. Let cake stand 1 hour in oven with door ajar.
- Combine brown sugar and ¼ cup butter in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat, and bring to a boil. Mix in ¼ cup cream, then nuts. Pour hot topping over cheesecake. Refrigerate.
YUM, love sweet potatoes and they would go wonderful with the cream cheese! Thanks.
That cheesecake has won my heart. It just looks stunning.
This looks delicious, and I love all of the pics you take. Looks great!
OH MY STARS – that is one gorgeous cheesecake – I am drooling as I type this. I wish I had the stuff to make this right now. I will be making it in the future! Thanks for linking this to the Hearth and Soul Hop!
I just know I would love this:) Come link up with Crock Pot Wednesdays. There’s a giveaway going on. http://diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com/2010/11/crock-pot-wednesday-2010-thanksgiving.html
:-0 drowning in drool here…. 🙂
what a gorgeous cheesecake. i have never used sweet potatoes in baking…i can’t believe what i am missing! i can’t wait to try this recipe….thank you for sharing with tuesday night supper club.
Your food always looks so good! The cheesecake looks wonderful. Do you ever put your receipes on youtube? If not you should do some how to cook videos and put them on youtube. lots of people do and I would watch them.
oh my…i just found your blog through a link on mommy’s kitchen…this cheesecake looks divine…i can’t wait to try it! ☺
I love it! I love it! That sauce is a real killer for me too. Thanks for sharing!
I will try this for thanksgiving!! thank you soo much
I prepared this cheesecake and cut the topping recipe in half and it was so deliciousss :). Thanks for sharing!
This looks amazingly tasty…can’t wait to make it. Sweet taters are one of our favorites!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I made this for Thanksgiving and it was DELICIOUS! My crust stuck to the pan a little, but a sheet of parchment paper should do the trick the next time. Mine also cracked. I may do the water bath the next time. I did double the topping and I used cinnamon graham crackers. Thanks for sharing!