Kaesekuchen

Servings: 8 Difficulty: Intermediate
Traditional German Cheesecake with Shortcrust Crust
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Kaesekuchen

Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 8 Calories: 1951.6

Description

This classic German cheesecake features a creamy cottage cheese and sour cream filling studded with raisins and lemon zest. It is baked in a buttery shortcrust pastry dough and topped with grated almonds. The result is a rich, tender cake that is best served at room temperature.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare dough and with it line bottom and sides of a greased cake tin.
  2. Strain cottage cheese, stir in cream.
  3. Add sugar, eggs, grated lemon peel, vanilla, raisins and cornstarch.
  4. Mix flour and baking soda and add.
  5. Pour batter into dough lining, top with grated almonds and bake in 375F (191C) oven for about 1 hour.
  6. When done, cool cake in a warm place.
  7. Do not chill.
  8. Mix: all ingredients and, on a bread board, knead to a supple dough.
  9. Roll out and use as instructed in above recipe.
  10. In view of the large butter content of this dough, it should be thoroughly cooled before baking

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8


Amount Per Serving
Calories 1951.6kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 72.5g112%
Saturated Fat 31.5g158%
Cholesterol 584.3mg195%
Sodium 1250mg53%
Total Carbohydrate 275.3g92%
Dietary Fiber 9.7g39%
Sugars 145.3g
Protein 58.4g117%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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