Neapolitan Cheesecake

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Neapolitan Cheesecake… new from Stella Mitsak of Youngstown, Ohio. One layer is chocolate, one vanilla on a butter crust.

So, TIL that there was never an Ann Pillsbury. She was a made-up face of the Pillsbury company- much like Betty Crocker was the made-up face of the company “named” after her.
There was a Stella Mitsak though. Her recipe was submitted to the Pillsbury Company and was printed in newspapers (January 1963)` and possibly in at least one of the Pillsbury Bake-Off Books (I’ll be honest, it’s late and I don’t feel like digging through my books).
I’ll admit I sometimes do wonder what happened to the people whose recipes I post- a quick Google (and FamilySearch) indicates that Stella lived until she was almost 84 (dying in 2002).

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Neapolitan Cheese Cake

Course after church coffee hour, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cheesecake

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 4 hours hours

Servings 9

Author Stella Mitsak adapted by Ann Pillsbury

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup pink candy after dinner mints crushed
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• ½ cup Butter

Filling

• 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• ¾ cup milk
• 2 egg yolks slightly beaten
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 egg whites
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream

Instructions

Crust

• Combine 1 cup flour, ½ cup crushed pink candy after-dinner mints, 1 tsp vanilla in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in ½ cup butter until fine.
• Place in bottom of 8"x8"x2" or 9"x9"x2" pan.
• Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool.

Chocolate Vanilla Filling

• Melt 6-oz of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels or Chips over hot water, cool.
• Combine ⅓ cup sugar, ¼ tsp salt, 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in 2-quart saucepan.
• Add ¾ cup of milk and 2 slightly beaten egg yolks.
• Cook, stirring constantly until mixture boils.
• Remove from heat.
• Blend in 8 oz package of cream cheese and 1 tsp of vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Cool.
• Beat two egg whites until mounds form.
• Gradually add ¼ cup sugar; beat until stiff.
• Fold in cheese mixture.
• Beat 1 cup whipping cream until thick.
• Fold into cheese mixture.
• Divide mixture in half.
• Fold melted chocolate into one half of mixture.
• Spoon over baked crust.
• Spoon vanilla filling over chocolate filling.
• Cover with plastic wrap.
• Chill at least two hours.
• Sprinkle with crushed candy after dinner-mints before serving.