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German Cheese Cake

ID: 782   Cakes  
  Yield/Servings: 9 inch spring form  
 
Ingredients:
Crust:
1 1/2 cups zwieback crumbs
3 tbs. melted butter
2 tbs. sugar

Topping:
1 cup sour cream
1 tbs. sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
Filling:
2 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbs. lemon juice
Thin rind of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pound cream cheese, cut into pieces
 
Instructions:

Heat oven to 300 degree. Crumb zwieback, pour into measuring cup. When 1 1/2 cups are obtained, pour into mixing bowl. Mix melted butter and sugar with crumbs, press into bottom of 9 inch spring form. Bake for 5 minutes. Cool.

In blender put egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice, rind, vanilla extract and half of the cheese and blend until smooth. Add remaining cheese gradually, continuing to blend until mixture is very smooth. Beat egg whites with rotary beater until stiff. Fold blended mixture into the egg whites. Pour into crumb crust and bake 45 minutes.

Put sour cream, sugar and vanilla into blender and stir until smooth. Spread evenly over top of the cake and return to the oven for 10 minutes. Cool cake, remove rim of spring form before serving.

 
Submitted by:
Creative Cooking
USA


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