Baked Cheesecake

Oma’s Baked German Cheesecake


This is an heirloom cheesecake, I ensured that I learnt to make from my 85 year old grandmother. A favorite dessert in our family.

Ingredients:

For the base:

• 250g Plain Flour
• 115g Sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon juice
• 125g butter softened
• 10g baking powder
  

For the filling:

• 200g sugar
• 125g butter softened
• 1 tbs Semolina
• 4 eggs
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 500g or 750 g Quark (which you can find at some European butcher's and organic shops)
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Oma’s note
You can use either 500g or 750g quark. For 500g quark Oma adds cream and milk until you can taste a balance in the batter.

Method:

• Pre heat oven to 180°c
• Line and butter a spring form tin. I used a nine inch.
• Mix together all ingredients listed for the base, then press into the bottom flatten using a cup measurement or glass, to get a flat surface you can also build the base up the sides to give you an edge.
• Set aside base, then mix sugar, butter, semolina, eggs, lemon, quark and vanilla for the filling, taste the mixture, it should have a creamy lemon taste, if it's too lemony for your taste add cream, to creamy add more lemon. pour mixture into the pan then bake the cheesecake for 60 minutes.
• You should let it cool and then put it in the fridge overnight, but its delicious warm (If your impatient like me!).