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Bennigan's Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe
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Bennigan's Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

Make our Bennigan's Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Strawberry Cheesecake will taste just like Bennigan’s.
Prep Time30 minutes
Active Time1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 45 minutes
Course: Dessert, Party Recipe
Keyword: Bennigan's

Ingredients

Crust

  • 2 cups Vanilla Wafers or Chocolate Wafers
  • 1/2 cup sifted Confectioner's Sugar
  • 7 tablespoons melted Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

Filling

  • Five 8-ounce packages Cream Cheese at room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
  • Grated zest of 1 Lemon
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
  • 1 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 5 Eggs
  • 2 Egg Yolks
  • 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • Large fresh Strawberries sliced, to top

Instructions

Crust

  • In food processor, crush cookies until very fine.
  • Place rest of ingredients into the processor bowl.
  • Mix until well blended.
  • Pat the crumb mixture into and up the sides of a 9" springform pan or a pie shell, set aside.

Filling

  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • In a large bowl or food processor, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
  • Add vanilla, lemon zest and juice.
  • In small bowl, mix sugar, flour and salt together. Add to cheese mixture.
  • Add eggs and egg yolks, a tbsp at a time, beating after each addition.
  • Gently stir in the cream.
  • Pour batter into crust-line pan.
  • Bake for 12 minutes; reduce heat to 300°F and continue baking for 55 minutes, or until center tests done.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Allow to cool for 30 minutes, then loosen sides of the cake with a spatula.
  • Remove from pan after 1 hour.
  • Chill at least 2 hours before serving.
  • Garnish with fresh strawberry slices.

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