Preparation Time: 1 - 2 hours       Cooking Time: 3+ hours        Serves: 12
Category: Dessert       Sub-Category: Cheesecakes        Cuisine: American

 Ingredients:

There is no flour in this recipe. The downside is that it takes longer to cook. A lot longer. From start to finish, with preparation, baking, and cooling, you'll need almost four hours. It is most definitely worth it.

I have made two of these now, and each time I've been told by the people who tasted it that this was the best cheesecake they had ever tasted. And I live in the Philly/NJ/New York area, so there's plenty of good cheesecake around. The orange flavor is subtle, but noticable. If you'd prefer to make the cheesecake without it, just omit all the steps related to anything orange-flavored, and the food coloring (which is optional anyway, but a nice touch).

You'll want:

- A Springform cake pan, 10" wide by 3" tall
- Aluminum foil
- Large mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Hand Mixer
- Grater
- Your favorite chef's knife

If you don't have a springform pan, get one. It's almost essential for cheesecake making, because it's about the only way you'll get it out of the pan intact. If you don't want to buy one, use a normal cake pan, and line the bottom with a round piece of parchment paper, and the sides with a strip of parchment paper.