German Cheese Cake
German cheese cake is creamy soul food best enjoyed with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 ⅔ cups flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 6 tbsp. butter, soft
- 1 egg large
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
Filling
- 9 tbsp. butter, soft
- 1 ⅛ cups sugar
- 1 tbsp. vanilla sugar or 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 box vanilla pudding 3.5 oz.
- 3 eggs large
- ½ tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 cups quark alternatively 5% fat Greek yogurt
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line the bottom of 10-inch spring form pan with parchment paper and grease and flour the sides.
- Add all ingredients for the dough to a bowl and mix until just combined and set aside.
- For the filling add soft butter, sugar, vanilla pudding powder and the eggs to a large bowl and mix well.
- Whisk in lemon juice, quark and sour cream.
- Beat heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form and fold into the quark mixture.
- Place half of the dough into the pan and spread evenly.
- Roll the rest of the dough into 4 rolls and place them around the rim and pull it to form a rim of about 1-inch.
- Pour in the filling.
- Bake cake in a 350F preheated oven for about 1 hour.
- After one hour turn the oven off and place a wooden spoon into the oven door. Allow the cake to cool completely in the pan.
- Place the completely cooled cake into the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Nutrition
Yield: 1pieceCalories: 430kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 10gFat: 24gFiber: 0.5gSugar: 31gNet Carbohydrates: 44g