Junior's Famous Pure Cream Cheesecake

Name: Junior's Famous Pure Cream Cheesecake
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sifted cake flour; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar; Pinch of salt; 4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature (for Cream Cheese Filling); 3 extra-large eggs (3 separated, 2 for Cream Cheese Filling); 1 2/3 cups sugar (for Cream Cheese Filling); 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar; 1/4 cup cornstrach (for Cream Cheese Filling); 1 teaspoon plus 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract; 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream (for Cream Cheese Filling); 3 drops pure lemon extract

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"There never will be a better cheesecake than the cheesecake they serve at Junior's on Flatbush Avenue...it's the best cheesecake in New York"wrote Ron Rosenbaum (Village Voice, July 26th 1973). There's nothing better than baking a cheesecake similar to the ones that they make at Junior's in Brooklyn. You'll soon be experiencing the taste of ecstasy...."

INGREDIENTS

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1/2 cup sifted cake flour

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3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

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1 tsp baking powder

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1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

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Pinch of salt

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4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature (for Cream Cheese Filling)

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3 extra-large eggs (3 separated, 2 for Cream Cheese Filling)

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1 2/3 cups sugar (for Cream Cheese Filling)

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1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar

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1/4 cup cornstrach (for Cream Cheese Filling)

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1 teaspoon plus 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

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3/4 cup heavy whipping cream (for Cream Cheese Filling)

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3 drops pure lemon extract

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