Cherry Topped Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 reserve 1 cup of the dry cake mix.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg and oil (mixture will be crumbly).
• 4 press crust mixture evenly into the bottom and 3/4 of the way up the side of a greased 13x9 baking pan.
• 5 in the same bowl, blend cream cheese and sugar.
• 6 add 3 eggs and reserved cake mix.
• 7 beat 1 minute at medium speed.
• 8 at low speed, slowly add milk, lemon juice and vanilla, mix until smooth.
• 9 pour into the crust.
• 10 bake at 300 degrees for 45-55 minutes, until the center is firm.
• 11 when cool, top with cherry pie filling.