->Pumpkin Swirl 02 <-

2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup margarine, melted

3 eggs

16 ounces Neufchatel cheese, softened

1 cup pumpkin, canned

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3/4 cup sugar

Combine crumbs and margarine, press into bottom and sides of 9 inch

springform pan. Combine Neufchatel cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reserve

1 cup Neufchatel Cheese mixture, add pumpkin, remaining sugar and spices to remaining Neufchatel cheese mixture. Mix well. Layer

half of pumpkin mixture and half of Neufchatel cheese mixture over

crust, repeat layers. Cut through batter with knife several times

350 for 55 minutes. Loosen cake from

rim of pan, cool before removing rim of pan. Chill.

10-12 servings. NOTES : Substitute gingersnaps for the vanilla wafers.