Refrigerator Cheese Cake

Ingredients

• ¥2 cup of melted butter or margarine
• 1 cup cold water
• 3 eggs separated
• ¥4 cup sugar
• 2 cups cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons gelatin
• 14 cup whipping cream

Method

1. 1

   Blend butter, 0.25 cup sugar, crumbs and cinnamon.

2. 2

   Press 0.25 of this on the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan.

3. 3

   Soak gelatin in 0.5 cup cold water for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Cook egg yolks, remaining sugar (0.25 cup) and water (0.5 cup) in top of double boiler, stirring constantly until mixture coats a metal spoon.

5. 5

   Add gelatin and stir until dissolved.

6. 6

   Add gradually to cream cheese, and add lemon juice, rind and salt and beat thoroughly.

7. 7

   Cool, when beginning to congeal beat several minutes with egg beater.

8. 8

   Whip cream and fold in with stiffly beaten egg whites.

9. 9

   Blend thoroughly.

10. 10

    Pour onto crumbs.

11. 11

    Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top.

12. 12

    Chill until firm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

REFRIGERATOR CHEESE CAKE ¥2 cup of melted butter or © 1 cup cold water margarine 3 eggs separated ¥4 cup sugar 2 cups cream cheese 2 cups fine Zwieback crumbs 3 tablespoons lemon juice (graham crackers or va- 1 tablespoon grated lemon nilla wafers) rind 2 teaspoons cinnamon 4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons gelatin 14 cup whipping cream

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