For some time now, I’ve been trying out cheesecake recipes; tweaking them, here and there. Finally, I discovered THE BEST recipe ever! A friend of mine tried it, fell in love with it and quickly requests for orders started flowing in.
Oh yes, it’s a success!
Ingredients
Crust
- 225 grams flour
- 100 grams sugar
- 75 grams butter
- 1 egg
- Dash of salt
- Dash of vanilla extract
- Dash of baking powder
Filling
- 4 eggs
- 3 packages of cream cheese
- 3 cups sour cream
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
Frosting
- 300 grams powder sugar
- 100 grams cream cheese
- 75 grams butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Mix butter and sugar in a bowl, add an egg and vanilla extract. Mix all well and add flour, salt and baking powder. Wrap the dough in saran wrap. Store in the fridge for a few hours or a day.
Pre-heat oven at 350°C
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until its smooth; add eggs, vanilla and salt. When it’s all smooth and thoroughly mixed, add sour cream to the mixture. Store in the fridge for a day. The next day, insert the crust filling in a buttered oven pan, pressing the filling to the sides.
Insert in the oven for 20 minutes. Let the crust cool for 10 minutes or so, then add the cream cheese filling. Insert in the oven for 2 hours. Afterwards turn the oven off and open the oven door slightly, keeping this slightly open for 1 hour.
Let it cool off and place it in the fridge.
The next day, add the frosting on top… Cut the butter in pieces, use a hand mixer, to get an even smooth mixiture. Add cream cheese, vanilla extract and a little bit of powder sugar. Add remaining powder sugar bit by bit. Test the frosting while mixing, to adapt this to your taste buds.
Bon appetite!
Appelita 