I want cake with some cheese please!

This cheesecake is kind of like the continuum transfunctioner (from Dude, Where's My Car?), its mystery is only exceeded by its greatness. Well that is what my sister would say at least. Growing up, one of my sister’s friend’s mother had a cheesecake recipe that my sister loved. Finally my mom got the recipe and from then on my sister always used to beg my mom to make it. The recipe famously became known as Mary's mom's cheesecake in my family. So today I decided to surprise my sister with Mary's Mom's Cheesecake.

The recipe which as you can see has been well used.

 

Before the trip to the oven



Also I am super excited to use my new baking pan that I bought. It is a springform base baking pan and I can't wait to see if I will succeed when using it. One day I would love to get a ceramic baking dish like this, or a springform base baking pan like this, but for now I will stick to what I can afford.



Ingredients

500 g cream cheese

2 eggs

1 T flour

1 packet Marie biscuits

125ml cream

1/2 cup sugar

1 t custard powder

butter to melt

Method

1. Crush the Marie biscuits into breadcrumbs. Melt some butter and then mix into the crushed Marie biscuits. Keep a few  of the crumbs to put on top at the end.

2. Grease a dish about 6cm deep and then put the breadcrumb mixture into the dish. Press down lightly to form a base.

3. In a bowl mix together lightly the cream cheese, 2 egg yolks (separate and keep the whites), the cream, the flour, the sugar and the custard powder.

4. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites lightly into the cream cheese mixture. It should be fluffy.

5. Pour the mixture onto the biscuit base. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs over the top.

6. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees C for half an hour. Switch off the oven, open the door slightly and leave to cool gradually. Leave for about another half hour. If you take it out straight away it will crack on top.

7. Remove from oven and leave out to cool completely.

8. Then put in the fridge overnight (sometimes I put it in the fridge for a few hours if I am in a rush).

After the trip to the oven and ready to be eaten

My sister -Vanessa- who said that the delicious cheesecake made her day