Peachy Southern Comfort Cheesecake

5 from 2 votes

The photo doesn’t adequately depict how wildly satisfying the combination of Southern Comfort, pecans, and fresh peaches is. It doesn’t convey anything about the deep-down belly sigh you’ll emit on first bite. Oh, and how melt-in-your-mouth creamy this cheesecake is. The photo captures none of that – no photo could. Pretty tasty looking photo anyway… but just wait til you try the cheesecake itself!

Prep Time30

Cook Time1 20

Chilling / Rest Time3 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Gluten-free

Servings:

Calories: 740kcal

Author: Marie Porter

Equipment

9" Springform Pan

Ingredients

Crust:

1 ½ cups Finely Chopped Pecans
¼ cup Granulated Sugar
5 tablespoon Butter melted

Filling:

2 lbs Cream Cheese room temperature
1 ½ cups Granulated Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
½ cup Heavy Cream
¼ cup Southern Comfort
6 Large Eggs
Juice of one lemon

Topping:

4 Peaches sliced
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Southern Comfort

Instructions

Combine all crust ingredients until completely incorporated & moistened. Evenly distribute across the bottom of a 9″ spring form pan. Press ingredients firmly, extending crust partway up the sides of the pan.
Chill for at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C)
In stand mixer, beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add sour cream, heavy cream, Southern Comfort, eggs, and lemon juice. Beat on low / medium-low until smooth.
Gently pour batter into prepared crust. Chill for 10 minutes, before baking for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, turn the oven down to 325°F (160°C) and bake for 50 minutes. Once baking time is complete, turn off the oven and allow cake to cool – WITHOUT opening the door! – for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, combine sugar and Southern Comfort in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Turn heat to medium low, add in peach slices. Cook, stirring often, for 15-20 minutes, or until peaches are desired firmness. Remove peaches with a slotted spoon, reserve.
Return syrup to stove and simmer until quite thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Top warm cheesecake with sliced peaches, and chill thoroughly before serving – at least 4 hours*.
Serve with Southern Comfort syrup.

Notes

* You CAN serve it earlier, however it will not firm up until it’s been chilled for a few hours. See how the cheesecake in the photo was a little gooier looking than most? Yeah… we weren’t very patient with the chilling phase.

Nutrition