Graces Boxed Pineapple Cheese Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE CHEESECAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cake mix, water, pineapple juice, eggs and oil and mix until combined. Pour into a well-greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan; spread out evenly. Next, combine cream cheese, butter and cornstarch and mix until smooth and creamy. Add the egg, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk and mix until well combined. Spoon cheesecake layer over the top of the cake batter, in an even ring, being careful not to touch the outer or inner part of the bundt pan. Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert to a wire rack and cool completely. Once cool, top with glaze. For the glaze: Add white chocolate chips to a medium bowl and microwave until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir in the powdered sugar. Add the vanilla and one Tablespoon of pineapple juice and stir until smooth and well combined. If mixture is too thick, add a little more pineapple juice. Drizzle over cooled cake. Allow glaze to set, then slice and serve. Store in the refrigerator until serving.
• Note: You can use any flavor of cake mix you prefer, just prepare it according to the ingredients on the back of the box.

PINEAPPLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Crush graham crackers fine
• Add melted butter and 1/2 of the powered sugar
• Drain the pineapple juice
• Heat pineapple juice and add JELL-O then cool
• Mixed crushed pineapple with sugar and cream cheese
• Beat thoroughly with mixer and add vanilla
• Add to the cooled JELL-O mixture
• Beat milk till stiff and fold into mixture
• Spread 1/2 the crackers in a long pan
• Pour mixture over the crackers
• Put remaining crackers over the top and sprinkle with remaining powdered sugar
• Refrigerate for at least 12 hours before serving

NO BAKE PINEAPPLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Cream together softened cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar.
• Thoroughly drain the crushed pineapple.
• Gently fold in crushed pineapple.
• Put mixture into pie crust. You'll probably have a little left over.
• Top with pineapple chunks.
• Refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all cake ingredients.
• Pour into a 13x9" greased pan.
• Bake at 350°F for about 40-45 minutes.
• Mix together frosting ingredients.
• Let cake cool, then frost.
• Note: Try adding some sweetened shredded coconut to frosting.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Sprinkle brown sugar into an 8-in. ovenproof skillet. Arrange pineapple in a single layer over brown sugar; place a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice., For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in flour and vanilla. Add egg; beat on low speed just until blended. Fold in crushed pineapple. Spoon over fruit., Bake 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight, covering when completely cooled., For crust, in a small skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add cracker crumbs and cinnamon; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until toasted. Cool. Just before serving, top cheesecake with toasted crumbs, pressing to adhere. Invert cheesecake onto a serving plate.

PINEAPPLE 'N' CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease bottom and sides of a 9 inch deep dish pie pan.
• Combine crust ingredients in large mixer bowl. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed and pour into prepared pan.
• Place drained pineapple over batter.
• Combine ingredients for cream cheese layer in small mixer bowl. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed and spoon to within 1 inch of edge of batter.
• Combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over cream cheese layer.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until crust is golden brown. Filling with be soft.
• Let cool some before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator.