Blue Hawaiian Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 2/3 cups Graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted

Filling

• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs + 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 cup cream of coconut (not coconut milk)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons pineapple rum (like Curazan)
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice
• 3 tablespoons blue curacao (blue liqueur)

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Crust

1. 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

1. Mix cream cheese and sugar until well mixed, 3 minutes on a medium mixer setting.
2. Add egg and yolk one at a time and mix well after each addition. Remember to scrape bowl.
3. Add cream of coconut, rum, blue liqueur, pineapple juice, sour cream and salt; mix well.
4. Pour into pan. Wrap the pan in aluminum foil all around and around the edges. Put into a roasting pan with hot water 1/2 inch up the sides of the pan.
5. Put in the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
6. After one hour, crack open the oven door for an hour.
7. Remove cake from oven.
8. Chill. Garnish with pineapple chunks mixed with orange concentrate juice.