Philadelphia Cheese Cheesecake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Making a sponge cake of 2 eggs. Separate the yolks from the proteins. Beat the yolks with 50g. sugar to a thick foam. Also whisk the proteins with 50g. sugar. Whipped yolks are combined with proteins and add flour with baking powder. (products must be at room temperature)

2. Step 2:

   

   The bottom of the mold is lined with baking paper and pour the sponge cake. We put it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius. for 15 minutes, at the end we take it out and cool it.

3. Step 3:

   

   Mix the cheese with powdered sugar (do not beat!!!), add sour cream, mix. Pour the cream, mix. Knead 4 eggs one by one, add vanilla sugar and lemon zest.

5. Step 4:

   

   Wrap the sponge cake form tightly with baking foil (to avoid water ingress), pour the cheese mass, put it in a baking tray on a water bath (water should reach up to half of the mold) and put it in a preheated oven to 160 degrees Celsius for 2 hours. At the end, we leave it in the oven with the door ajar for an hour.

6. Step 5:

   

   We take it out and leave it at room temperature for 2 hours. When the cheesecake cools down, cover with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 8-10 hours.

7. Step 6:

   

   Cut with a thin knife soaked in water.