TIE-DYED CHEESECAKE

Tie-Dyed Cheesecake image

Provided by Dee Fischer

Time 2h30m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

12 sheets chocolate graham crackers, ground
6 tablespoons butter, melted
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon for tinting yellow food coloring
1/8 teaspoon green food coloring
1/8 teaspoon red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon neon purple liquid food coloring

Steps:

Put rack in center of oven; preheat to 325*F. Coat 9x3 spring form pan with cooking spray. Wrap outside of pan with foil. Combine cracker crumbs and butter. Press onto pan bottom. Bake 6 minutes. Put roasting pan on center oven rack; fill halfway with water.
At medium speed, beat cheese and sugar until smooth. At low speed, beat in next 4 ingredients, until smooth.
Divide batter among 4 bowls; tint 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 pink with red coloring and 1 purple. Pour into pan, one color at a time STARTING with yellow. Gently swirl batters. Place pan in water-filled roasting pan.
Bake 1 hour, 25 minutes until center jiggles slightly. Turn oven off. Let stand in water in oven 1 hour, 40 minutes with door closed. Remove from oven; run knife around edge. Cool and Chill overnight.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.5, Fat 28.8, SaturatedFat 17.6, Cholesterol 146.5, Sodium 228.4, Carbohydrate 24.6, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 21.1, Protein 7