Reduce the speed to low and beat in the remaining 3 eggs, 1 at a time, along with the lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, and 2 to 3 drops of the food coloring, if using.

I was able to grab — lug, really — my own big honkin’ cheesecake from my local Costco on the East Coast, and my go-to outlet had a few of them left, but not many. The layered, lemony, fluffy ...