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prep: 15 mins
total: 5 hrs 20 mins
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
margarita cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
4 ounces salted pretzels (4 cups)
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Filling
1 1/2 pounds (three 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup sour cream, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or other orange-flavor liqueur
1 tablespoon tequila
1 tablespoon plus two teaspoons grated lime zest (from about 3 limes)
1 pinch kosher salt
4 large eggs, room temperature
Key limes or small Persian limes, very thinly sliced, for garnish
Cook's Notes
This recipe appears in our cookbook “Martha Stewart’s Cakes.”
Gallery
Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 15 mins
total: 5 hrs 20 mins
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
margarita cheesecake
Gallery
Read the full recipe after the video.
Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 15 mins
total: 5 hrs 20 mins
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Recipe Summary
prep: 15 mins
total: 5 hrs 20 mins
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
prep: 15 mins
total: 5 hrs 20 mins
prep:
15 mins
total:
5 hrs 20 mins
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Serves 8 to 10
margarita cheesecake
margarita cheesecake
Ingredients
Ingredients
4 ounces salted pretzels (4 cups)
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 pounds (three 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup sour cream, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or other orange-flavor liqueur
1 tablespoon tequila
1 tablespoon plus two teaspoons grated lime zest (from about 3 limes)
1 pinch kosher salt
4 large eggs, room temperature
Key limes or small Persian limes, very thinly sliced, for garnish
Directions
Crust: Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with rack in center. In a food processor, pulse pretzels until fine crumbs form (you will have a little more than 1 cup). Add sugar and melted butter; process until combined. Press evenly in bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake until golden brown, about 9 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Filling: Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Wrap exterior of springform pan with a double layer of foil. Set a kettle of water to a boil. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium-high speed until fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Reduce speed to medium. Mix in sour cream, sugar, Grand Marnier, tequila, lime zest, and salt; beat until well incorporated. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
Pour cream-cheese mixture over cooled crust (filling will come up higher than crust). Set springform pan in a roasting pan; carefully pour in enough boiling water to reach halfway up side of springform pan.
Bake on center rack until cake is set and slightly firm to the touch, about 65 minutes. Transfer springform pan to a wire rack and remove foil; let cool completely. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 6 hours or up to overnight. Run a knife around edge of cake to loosen before unmolding. Garnish top of cheesecake with lime slices.
Cook's Notes
This recipe appears in our cookbook “Martha Stewart’s Cakes.”
Cook’s Notes
This recipe appears in our cookbook “Martha Stewart’s Cakes.”
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137 Ratings
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Reviews (9)
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137 Ratings
5 star values:
25
4 star values:
45
3 star values:
43
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20
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4
Add Rating & Review
137 Ratings
5 star values:
25
4 star values:
45
3 star values:
43
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
4
137 Ratings
5 star values:
25
4 star values:
45
3 star values:
43
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
4
137 Ratings
5 star values:
25
4 star values:
45
3 star values:
43
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
4
- 5 star values:
- 25
- 4 star values:
- 45
- 3 star values:
- 43
- 2 star values:
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- 1 star values:
- 4
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
06/24/2019
I'll eat to that :-)
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/30/2011
This is a must have recipe for cheesecake. Make sure you wrap the bottom of hte pan tightly so the pretzel crust doesn't get soggy. It is the best tasting cheesecake. Even people who don't like margaritas love this!!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
02/04/2011
This is my favorite cheesecake recipe- Everytime I make it people love it! Even my kids like it.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/11/2010
This is a favorite of mine and get raves every time I make it. I even won a work baking contest with it. I add one little extra - a margarita mix glaze. In a small saucepan put in about 1 cup of margarita mix, bring to a boil. Then add in just enough cornstarch to thicken it up (enough to coat the back of a spoon). Cool and then pur over the cooled cheesecake and resume chilling until set.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/29/2010
Made this (cause I hate pie) for my family (me) on Thanksgiving - was so good. Cheesecake tip - watch Alton Brown's video on Cheesecake - it helped out alot when making this. Mix sourcream alone for a few minutes before adding anything else!!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/12/2010
Just made this one over the weekend and it was a big hit with the in-laws. Definitely recommended.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
06/01/2009
I love to cook my cheesecakes in my digital pressure cooker. Has anyone adapted this recipe for a pressure cooker yet?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
03/18/2009
I have made this numerous times, and the crust was always good. If it is too crumbly, add some more butter perhaps. I will advise to wrap WELL with foil, I have had a couple with soggy crusts!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
08/10/2008
The cheesecake portion of this recipe was great, the pretzel crust, not so much. The crust was extremely crumbly and didn't hold together well at all. I'd make it again, but with a graham cracker crust.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
06/24/2019
I'll eat to that :-)
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: Unrated
07/30/2011
This is a must have recipe for cheesecake. Make sure you wrap the bottom of hte pan tightly so the pretzel crust doesn't get soggy. It is the best tasting cheesecake. Even people who don't like margaritas love this!!
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
02/04/2011
This is my favorite cheesecake recipe- Everytime I make it people love it! Even my kids like it.
Rating: Unrated
12/11/2010
This is a favorite of mine and get raves every time I make it. I even won a work baking contest with it. I add one little extra - a margarita mix glaze. In a small saucepan put in about 1 cup of margarita mix, bring to a boil. Then add in just enough cornstarch to thicken it up (enough to coat the back of a spoon). Cool and then pur over the cooled cheesecake and resume chilling until set.
Rating: Unrated
11/29/2010
Made this (cause I hate pie) for my family (me) on Thanksgiving - was so good. Cheesecake tip - watch Alton Brown's video on Cheesecake - it helped out alot when making this. Mix sourcream alone for a few minutes before adding anything else!!
Rating: Unrated
07/12/2010
Just made this one over the weekend and it was a big hit with the in-laws. Definitely recommended.
Rating: Unrated
06/01/2009
I love to cook my cheesecakes in my digital pressure cooker. Has anyone adapted this recipe for a pressure cooker yet?
Rating: Unrated
03/18/2009
I have made this numerous times, and the crust was always good. If it is too crumbly, add some more butter perhaps. I will advise to wrap WELL with foil, I have had a couple with soggy crusts!
Rating: Unrated
08/10/2008
The cheesecake portion of this recipe was great, the pretzel crust, not so much. The crust was extremely crumbly and didn't hold together well at all. I'd make it again, but with a graham cracker crust.
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