Margarita Cheese Cake

== Description ==
This is a recipe I obtained from an Estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Tinsley Estate in Venus, Texas in 1987.
* Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
== Ingredients ==
* 1½ pounds cream cheese
* 3 whole eggs
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 ounces lime juice
* 1½ teaspoons rum extract
* 2½ cups salted pretzels crushed
* ½ cup sugar
* 2½ ounces butter, melted
* 3 cups whipping cream
* 2 teaspoons lemon and lime zest
== Directions ==
# Combine pretzels, sugar and butter in pan then press to make crust and take it up the sides of a spring form pan.
# Mix cream cheese on low speed until softened then add remaining ingredients except eggs.
# Mix slightly then add eggs one a time blending until mixed.
# Put a water bath with very hot water on the shelf beneath the cheesecake and bake for one hour at 300°F.
# When cool loosen sides of cake from pan then remove sides of pan.
# Combine lemon and lime zest and fold into whipped cream.
# Place topping on top of cheesecake.
# Garnish with extra zest and sprinkle on top of cream.
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