Spiced Eggnog Cheesecake

Description
Spiced Eggnog Cheesecake with White Chocolate Garnish from Recipes Wiki—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
 * Cook Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes baking time
 * Serves: 12

Crust

 * 8 boards graham crackers
 * 1 tsp sugar
 * ¼ tsp each ground ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon
 * ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted

Filling

 * 4 x 8 ounce packages cream cheese
 * ¾ cup sugar
 * ¼ cup flour
 * ¼ tsp each nutmeg and cinnamon
 * pinch ground cloves
 * 1 egg
 * 1¾ cups eggnog
 * 1 tsp vanilla
 * 8 oz container sour cream

Garnish

 * 6 squares 1 oz each white baking chocolate
 * pinch nutmeg

Directions

 * 1) Heat oven to 350°F.

Crust

 * 1) Crush gramah crackers in plastic bag.
 * 2) Add sugar and next 3 ingredients.
 * 3) Add butter, knead bag to blend.
 * 4) Press over bottom of 9 inch round spring-form pan.
 * 5) Bake crust 10 min. Cool.

Filling

 * 1) Beat cream cheese in bowl until smooth.
 * 2) Mix sugar and next 4 ingredients in bowl. Add to cream cheese, beat until smooth.
 * 3) Beat in egg, eggnog and vanilla, pour into pan.
 * 4) Bake 1 hour. Remove from oven, spread with sour cream. Bake 5 more min.
 * 5) Cool in pan. Refrigerate until serving.

Garnish

 * 1) Melt chocolate in bowl over saucepan of simmering water. Add nutmeg.
 * 2) Line loaf pan with foil. Pour chocolate into pan, cool until firm. Lift from pan, make curls. Arrange on top of cake.