Christmas-y cheesecake?

[mollyomormon]

I made a red puri squash cheesecake with a ginger lime crust for thanksgiving that ended up being the favorite dish that I made. I'd like to make another cheesecake for a christmas party but am having trouble coming up with something that would be appropriately christmas-y.

[im_nomad]

Last year I made an eggnog cheesecake that I can't recall where I got the recipe from.

and this one for New Year's : http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

Big hit. Here's a pic (minus port sauce)

[blue room]

I would make a classic cheesecake, no frills, and shamelessly decorate the top with stemmed maraschino cherries, a few red a few green, in a pattern or a small circle in the middle, or however you like.

[BeefeaterRocks]

I made a Peppermint candy cheesecake one year that everyone liked, not sure if this is the exact recipe I used but I did get it from Bon Appétit
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Peppermint-Twist-Cheesecake-3073
Or how about Mincemeat cheesecake http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/rec...

[chowser]

Eggnog w/ gingersnap crust and pomegranate glaze:

http://www.finecooking.com/item/12777...

[julesrules]

This is really good cheesecake. The recipe is missing the correct temp for baking the cheesecake itself (certainly not 400 like the crust!). I wished it had a little more glaze too, the flavour was elusive. I might double the glaze recipe next time and use some to plate or pass. But the base was great and I liked that it used pantry/liquor cabinet items rather than eggnog like the CHOW recipe.

[mollyomormon]

I loved the idea here, but the crust proportions for me were waaaay off. The entire stick of butter in the crust was a disaster for me and I ended up having ot toss it and come up with my own crust recipe.

[julesrules]

I didn't actually measure the crumbs or butter and
just made it by feel so I don't know what ratio I ended up with!

[JaneEYB]

I've made a Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake with Cranberry-Raspberry Compote from Bon Appetit a couple of times and it is excellent (looks really pretty too). It's in the new Bon Appetit Desserts cookbook (which is a fantastic book) but is also available on epicurious,.com http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

[mollyomormon]

I like this idea. I could swirl in the spiced cranberry orange jam I made a few weeks ago.

[howchow]

Cheesecake with candied fruit and nut topping
Eggnog cheesecake
Figgy pudding cheesecake
Gingerbread crust cheesecake
White chocolate and cranberry cheesecake
Maple cheesecake with a rosemary whipped cream

[trolley]

you could do a orange cranberry topping on a regular cheesecake with graham crust....

[jencounter]

I've made the base cheesecake several times with fantastic results. This Thanksgiving I made the accompanying sauce; it was delicious.

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/ne...