Cheese Cake

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup soft butter
• 2 cups zweibach crumbs
• 0.5 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons gelatine, softened
• 8 five oz. pkgs. cream cheese
• 0.25 cup cold water
• Juice of 1 lemon, and grated rind
• 3 egg yolks
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup sugar
• 0.5 cup whipping cream
• 0.5 cup water
• 3 egg whites

Method

1. 1

   Cream together butter and sugar, blend in zweibach crumbs mixed with cinnamon.

2. 2

   Press half into the bottom of a spring mold.

3. 3

   Beat egg yolks, add sugar and water, cook until thick.

4. 4

   Remove from fire, add gelatine, then mix with cream cheese.

5. 5

   Fold in whipped cream and beaten egg whites.

6. 6

   Pour over crust and top with remaining crumbs.

7. 7

   Chill until firm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESE CAKE Crust % cup soft butter 2 cups zweibach crumbs % cup sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Cream together butter and sugar, then blend in zweibach crumbs _ mixed with the cinnamon. Mix thoroughly and put half of the mix- : ture in the bottom of a nine inch spring mold, pressing down firmly. Reserve the other half of the crumb mixture. Filling 2 tablespoons gelatine, softened 8 five oz. pkgs. cream cheese in 4 cup cold water Juice of 1 lemon, and grated rind) 3 egg yolks Y% teaspoon salt 4 cup sugar % cup whipping cream % cup water 38 egg whites Beat egg yolks slightly, add sugar and water and cook in top of double boiler until it thickens, stirring constantly. Remove from fire, — add gelatine, then add to cream cheese. Mix until smooth, add lemon — juice and grated rind and salt. Fold in cream, whipped stiff and stiffly beaten egg whites.

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