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Lemon Cheesecake

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/24/20Updated: 1/26/24

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White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

This delicious Lemon Cheesecake is creamy and rich with a graham cracker crust and a lemon curd top!

White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

This cheesecake starts with a graham cracker crust and is then filled with a lemon white chocolate cheesecake.  More lemon goodness is added to the top with some homemade lemon curd.

The sweetness of the cheesecake is a perfect combo for the tang of the lemon curd.  They balance each other out perfectly.

White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • Cream Cheese
  • Heavy Whipping Cream
  • Granulated Sugar
  • All Purpose Flour
  • Eggs
  • Butter
  • Lemon, juice and zest
  • White Baking Chocolate
  • Graham Cracker Crumbs
  • Extract, Vanilla and Lemon
  • Salt
White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

How to Make Lemon Cheesecake

  • Mix together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, salt, and melted butter.
  • Press mixture into bottom and one inch up the side of the springform pan.
  • Wrap the bottom of the pan in foil.
  • Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F
  • Combine cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and beat until smooth.
  • Beat in white chocolate, flour, cream, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon extract and vanilla extract.
  • Add eggs and beat on low speed until just combined.
  • Pour cheesecake mixture into cooled crust.
  • Place pan on a baking sheet.
  • Bake for 65-75 minutes at 350 degree F or until center is set and top appears dull.
  • Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen cake and cool one hour.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night.
  • Mix together eggs, sugar and lemon juice.
  • Place in a double boiler over simmering water until mixed well.
  • Stir until thickened. About 8-10 minutes.
  • Fold in butter and lemon zest
  • Cover and refrigerate until cooled and thickened.
  • Remove springform pan from cake and cover top with lemon curd.
White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

Tips

  • Many cheesecake recipes call for baking the cheesecake in a water bath to prevent the top from cracking, but since I was covering the top of this cheesecake with lemon curd, I didn’t use a water bath.
  • Wrap the bottom of your springform pan in foil to prevent the cheesecake and butter from the crust  from leaking out in the oven.
  • You can always use store bought lemon curd if you need to, but homemade is easy to make and tastes so much better!

Check out more of my cheesecake recipes:

  • Small Batch Cheesecake
  • White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
  • Strawberry Cheesecake

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4.50 from 4 votes
White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake

Lemon Cheesecake

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Creamy lemon cheesecake with white chocolate and lemon curd.
serves: 12 servings
Prep:30 minutes minutes
Cook:1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
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Total:1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 5 Tbsp butter melted

Cheesecake

  • 32 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 10 oz white baking chocolate melted and cooled
  • 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp lemon peel
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp lemon extract
  • 4 eggs slightly beaten

Lemon Curd

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 Tbsp lemon zest
  • white chocolate grated for garnish

Instructions

Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Mix together all crust ingredienets. Press mixture into bottom and one inch up the side of the springform pan. Wrap the bottom of the pan in foil.
  • Bake for 10 minutes and allow crust to cool.

Filling

  • In a bowl combine cream cheese and sugar and beat until smooth.
  • Beat in white chocolate, flour, cream, lemon juice, lemon peel, lemon extract and vanilla extract.
  • Add eggs, beat on low speed until just combined.
  • Pour into crust.
  • Place foil covered pan on a baking sheet.
  • Bake for 65-75 minutes or until center is set and top appears dull.
  • Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen cake and cool on hour.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night.
  • Remove springform pan from cake. Cover with lemon curd and garnish with white chocolate.
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Lemon Curd

  • Mix together eggs, sugar and lemon juice.
  • Place in a double boiler over simmering water until mixed well. Stir until thickened. About 8-10 minutes.
  • Fold in butter and lemon zest
  • Cover and refrigerate until cooled and thickened.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 756kcal (38%) Carbohydrates: 70g (23%) Protein: 10g (20%) Fat: 50g (77%) Saturated Fat: 29g (181%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g Monounsaturated Fat: 13g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 220mg (73%) Sodium: 497mg (22%) Potassium: 250mg (7%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 62g (69%) Vitamin A: 1581IU (32%) Vitamin C: 7mg (8%) Calcium: 151mg (15%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake
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  1. Senthil says

    Posted on 2/16 at 1:22 pm

    For the curd, does the butter need to be melted?

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  2. Jessica says

    Posted on 7/3 at 6:17 pm

    Hi, This looks so good. I’m a little bit confused about how much creme cheese to use for 6 people, 6 oz?

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 7/12 at 9:49 am

      The recipe uses 4 8 oz. packages of cream cheese

      Reply
  3. Petie S. says

    Posted on 5/26 at 8:56 am

    What size springform pan? I am estimating 10 inch. Thank you. This looks yummy. My husband loves lemon…great for Father’s Day.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 5/26 at 1:18 pm

      Yes, a 10 inch will work great! Enjoy!

      Reply

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