Canadian cottage cheese cake
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 c Fine rusk crumbs
- 3 tb Melted butter
- 3 tb Sugar
- 3/4 ts Cinnamon Filling:
- 2 lb Cottage cheese
- 5 Eggs
- 1/2 c Flour
- 1 c Sugar
- 2 ts Lemon rind
- 2 tb Lemon juice
- 1/2 ts Vanilla
- 1 c Heavy cream Topping:
- 2 c Strawberries
- 1/4 c Cornstarch
- 1 c Sugar
- 1/4 c Orange juice
- 2 tb Orange rind
- 3 c Whole strawberries
Instructions:
Combine crust ingredients and press into a 9 inch springform pan and bake 350 for 10 minutes and cool. For filling: press cheese through sieve into a bowl. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in flour and sugar. Stir in rind and juice and vanilla. Whip cream and fold in. Pour into crust. Bake 350 1 hour and 10 mins or until set. Cool and chill. For topping: Blend berries to puree. add sugar and cornstarch with juice and rind. Cook thick and clear. Place whole berries over chilled cake. Pour on warm glaze and chill until set.



