I made this cake for my co-workers yesterday and they absolutely loved it. I had to increase recipe to 27 servings. Seems like a lot but I baked it in 2 parchment lined 9" springform pans for 38 minutes, greased and floured sides. I used 1 cup veg oil, 3/4 cup applesauce, 1 cup white sugar, 1 1/2 cups lt brown sugar, 2 1/2 Tablespoons Vanilla extract, 2 1/2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon, 3/4 tsp nutmeg, grated orange rind. For the frosting I increased the softened cream cheese to 28 ounces. Because of the reviews saying it could use more flavor, I did a little tweaking of this recipe. I had 1 piece left over to take home, and the next day after sitting, it even had more flavor, Awesome! Lorraine

Reviewed On: Mar. 5, 2006

This was my very first attempt in making a cheesecake from scratch. I made one for Thanksgiving, came out perfect. Made it again for Christmas, again, perfect, oh so yummy! ( I made sure cream cheese was really soft, and eggs were at room temperature). Based on reading reviews, did not beat hard! Used 1/4 cup sugar for crust, and 1 1/2 cups sugar for filling. Heavenly!!

Reviewed On: Jan. 1, 2006