Not Quite a Cheesecake – version 2

I posted Not Quite a Cheesecake in July of 2018.

I have made it several times since as a larger version when I have had lots of my own yoghurt cheese. For this version I used Morello cherries from a jar.

You can  use twaróg, curd cheese, cream cheese or yoghurt cheese, it is a bit different from my usual Polish baked cheesecake. as it does not have a cake/biscuit type base. Because of this you do need a one piece cake liner for your loose bottomed tin.

Ingredients

• 200g Butter
• 200g Caster sugar
• 4 eggs separated
• 3 tablespoons of potato flour or cornflour
• 150g Ground almonds
• 400 – 450g Twaróg , Curd cheese or Yoghurt Cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• Pinch of salt
• Morello cherries from a 460g net weight jar
• Optional Topping
• Juice from the cherries
• 1 tablespoon of potato or cornflour to thicken the juice.

Method

• Line a 22cm diameter loose bottomed cake tin with a bought paper cake liner.

• Preheat the oven to GM5 190°C
• Drain the cherries from the juice – keep the juice for the topping.

• Cream the butter and sugar until they are soft and fluffy.
• Add the egg yolks one by one until you have a smooth mixture.
• Add the vanilla essence and the salt and mix in.
• Add the cornflour, ground almonds and the yoghurt cheese and mix together thoroughly.
• Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff.
• Fold the egg whites into the cake mixture.
• Put the cake mixture into the lined tin.
• Place around half the cherries on top of the mixture.
• Bake in the oven for 35 minutes.
• Turn the oven down to GM2 – 150°C and bake for around another 30 minutes.
• Switch off the oven but leave the cake in there until it is cool.
• Keep the cake in the refrigerator but bring to room temperature for serving.
• Dust with icing sugar
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• Make a runny sauce from the juice heated with a tablespoon of potato flour.
• Serve portions with a few cherries on the side and some of the sauce poured on or next to it.
  

  

  

  

  

  

   

  Served here on tea plates from a coffee service by Midwinter – Queensbury from the 1970s.