Cheesecake from Hilma

                                              Cheesecake

     Ingredients:

             2 ½ pounds cream cheese,soften

             1 ¾ cups of sugar,granulated

             3 Tablespoons flour

              ½ teaspoon grated lemon rind

              2 egg yolks

              5  eggs

              1/3 cup of heavy cream

              2 teaspoons vanilla

              Preheat oven  425º

              Beat cream cheese until  fluffy

              Mix sugar and flour together.

              Add sugar and flour mixture to cream cheese—beating til smooth

              Add egg yolks and eggs  1 at a time—beating after each

      

              Add heavy cream –blend in .

              Add grated lemon rind and  vanilla-- blend in.

              If you like  you can add a teaspoon or two of  lemon juice.

              Place a  large pan of water  on the bottom rack in the  oven under the

              cheese cake.

Prepare springform pan--- 1 large or 2 ----9" pans

Butter pans and  flour them—shake off excess flour.

Pour cake mixture into pans. 

Bake  for 15 minutes at 425º,then lower temp to 200º

Bake for 1 hour and then turn off oven and leave in oven for 1 hour.

Remove cake from oven and cool to room temp. Chill

I make 2 of the 9" cakes—one for now and freeze one for later.