04Cream 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup shortening, and 1 egg together; Add milk and vanilla. set aside.
05Sift together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine the sifted and creamed ingredients together. Once batter is mixed, it should be nice and thick; set aside.
06TO PREPARE THE CREAM CHEESE BATTER:.
07Cream all the ingredients for the cream cheese batter together, set aside.
08TO PREPARE THE CINNAMON FILLING:.
09Melt 1/3 cup butter then mix in the brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
10TO PREPARE THE CHEESECAKE:.
11Take the base batter and spread half of it on the bottom of the pan. Next, spread the entire amount of cream cheese batter on top. Take the rest of the base batter and drop spoonfuls over the entire top of cheesecake. After that take the cinnamon filling and drop spoonfuls over entire top. Once finished, take a knife to swirl the ingredients together.
12Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for about 45 minutes, cake will be puffy and lightly browned. Let chill and serve with icing drizzled over the top.
13TO PREPARE THE ICING:.
14Cream 2 tbsp cream cheese and 2 tbsp butter together. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla, then powdered sugar. If icing is too thick, thin with milk.