Pumpkin Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
3/4 c. sugar
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
dash of salt
2 eggs

Preparation

Combine softened cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed until well mixed.
Blend in pumpkin, spices and salt; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Pour mixture into pastry-lined pan; smooth surface of filling to edge of crust.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 50 minutes.
Loosen cake from rim of pan. Cool before removing rim (if spring-form pan).
Chill.
Garnish with whipped cream just before serving.