Cheesecake

Preparation info
  • 4-6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

  • About

Cheesecake is quite simple to make, and inexpensive compared with the ready-made sort on sale in most delicatessens.

Ingredients

  • 125 g (4 oz) butter
  • 225 g (4

Method

Beat the butter to a soft cream. Work in the cheese, crumbled small, then the sugar, preferably caster sugar, and lastly the well-beaten egg yolks. Whip the whites stiff and fold into the mixture. Sprinkle in the sultanas and a little vanilla essence.

Line a cake tin with shortcrust pastry and fill with the cheese mixture. Brush the top with a little egg yolk to give it a good colour an