cheese cake (my oma's)

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Utopia, FL
Updated on Jan 19, 2014

Oma's best cheese cake! It's hard to duplicate a recipe from another country, Since we cannot get "Quark" anywhere over here, we use cream cheese. This is pretty darn close in taste as I've ever had. Bavaria ,I miss u !

prep time 25 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake
yield

Ingredients

  • PASTRY INGREDIENTS
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tbs unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tbs sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 - egg
  • FILLING INGREDIENTS
  • 16 ounces cream cheese/ softened
  • 16 ounces sour cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • - add a little lemon juice to filling ; just a little!

How To Make cheese cake (my oma's)

  • Step 1
    PASTRY; Medium bowl Cream the butter,sugar & egg until light & fluffy
  • Step 2
    add flour & baking powder until mixture is firm
  • Step 3
    place in greased Spring Form Cake Pan shaping bottom of pan so 1/4 inch high around edges ( if pastry appears sticky/hard to work with,dip hands in flour !
  • Step 4
    FILLING; Large bowl mix cream cheese, sugar, & eggs until smooth
  • Step 5
    add vanilla & sour cream,continue mixing ,add corn starch.
  • Step 6
    pour into pastry shell, BAKE for 15 min @ 400 degrees then REDUCE to 325 degrees , bake until golden brown approximately 1 hour

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Category: Cakes
Ingredient: Dairy
Method: Bake
Culture: German

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