CHEESE CAKE

1/2 box of Zwieback crackers
1/8 lb butter, melted
1 TBS sugar

Crush Zwieback.  Mix with melter butter and sugar.  Pat into bottom of an 8-inch
spring form pan.

1 lb cream cheese                                        1 cup sugar
1/2 pint light cream                                       2 TBS flour
4 eggs, separated                                        1 TBS vanilla

Cream the cheese, add sugar gradually.  Add flour, cream, eggs yolks, and vanilla,
and mix.  Beat the egg whites stiff and fold into the batter.  Pour into spring form,
bake at 350 degrees for one hour.  Cool in the oven - door open - for one hour.  Chill.

Optional topping:  Mix 1 pint of sour cream with 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1
teaspoon of vanilla, and cover the cheesecake.


Again, this is Edith's original recipe, as published in the 1985 Multi-Ethnic Alliance of
Ann Arbor Cookbook.  I am not exactly sure what a "spring form" is, but I believe it's a
spring-loaded ring-shaped baking pan that allows you to pour the batter in and then
remove the round cake with a hole in the middle once it's baked.  In any event, most
people who ate Edith's cheesecake agreed that it was the best cheesecake they had
ever tasted.  Ever.
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