My friend gave me a copycat recipe for the Lion House Restaurant Style Cheesecake and I just had to try it.
It was super easy to make. If you have never tried making a cheesecake, don’t let it intimidate you, because this recipe really is so simple and tastes amazing.
Related recipe: Brownie Caramel Cheesecake (it’s delicious!)
What toppings would be good on this Lion House Restaurant Style Cheesecake?
I am a total toppings person. This cheesecake doesn’t necessarily need any toppings, but it is delicious with them. Here are a few toppings we recommend adding to your cheesecake:
- coconut shreds
- crushed peanuts
- crushed almonds
- crushed pecans
- crushed walnuts
- mini M & M’s
- Oreos
- Candybar (Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Butterfingers, Heath Bar, Snickers etc).
- Peanut Butter Drizzle
- White Chocolate Drizzle
- Peanut Butter chips
- crushed graham crackers
- fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, raspberries, etc.)
- fruit glaze (I love strawberry glaze on this. If you can’t find it at the store, you could also drizzle on a sweet fruit jam as well).
- hot fudge
- melted chocolate or chocolate sauce
Could I make these into mini cheesecakes:
I have only made this recipe as one big cheesecake, but you could easily make this recipe into mini cheesecakes. You will definitely need to change the time to bake for 30-40 minutes.
If you make mini ones, we recommend using a muffin tin. You can either spray the sides, or use a cupcake liner.
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Lion House Restaurant Style Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients
Crust
- 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 6 Tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 24 ounces cream cheese, 3 (8 ounce packages), softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
Toppings
- 2 cups sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and melted butter until crumbly.
- Press crumb mixture firmly into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add vanilla and lemon juice and combine thoroughly.
- Pour mixture into springform pan, filling to within half an inch of the top of the pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the middle is set, checking after 1 hour.
- When cheesecake is almost done baking, beat together topping ingredients.
- Pour over baked cheesecake and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let cook completely.
- Store cheesecake in the fridge until ready to serve.
Notes
- coconut shreds
- crushed peanuts
- crushed almonds
- crushed pecans
- crushed walnuts
- mini M & M’s
- Oreos
- Candybar (Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Butterfingers, Heath Bar, Snickers etc).
- Peanut Butter Drizzle
- White Chocolate Drizzle
- Peanut Butter chips
- crushed graham crackers
- fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, raspberries, etc.)
- fruit glaze (I love strawberry glaze on this. If you can’t find it at the store, you could also drizzle on a sweet fruit jam as well).
- hot fudge
- melted chocolate or chocolate sauce
Nutrition
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Have you ever made this recipe into mini cheesecakes? If so how long did you bake them?
We haven’t made them this recipe into mini cheesecakes. But we have a lot of mini cheesecakes on our blog that are similar and you could get an idea on how long they bake.
https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/2013/08/mini-cherry-cheesecake-recipe/
https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/2012/07/mini-oreo-cheesecakes/
https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/2011/06/mini-snickers-caramel-cheesecakes/