German Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Topping: 1 egg yolk baked almond flakes cream

Filling: 250g cream cheese 180g cream 1 egg white 1 egg yolk

1/4cup sugar 1 1/2tbsps lemon juice 1 1/2tbsps gelatine

2tbsps rum 4tbsps water 3tbsps raisins

Base: 1 sponge cake

Methods:

(1) Cut sponge cake horizontally into 1cm thick slices. Trim one piece into a 1x1cm square. Put sliced cake into cake tin lined with baking paper.

(2) Mix rum and raisins and soak raisins thoroughly. Whip cream with a beater.

(3) Mix gelatine with water. Sand in hot water.

(4) Whip cream cheese until smooth. Add egg yolk and mix well. Add sugar and mix well. Pour in lemon juice.

(5) Add gelatine solution and rum with raisins and mix. Fold in whipped cream.

(6) Beat egg white until ‘peaks’ are formed. Stir in cream cheese mixture.

(7) Pour half of the cake mixture into the tin. Place the small slice of sponge cake. Pour in another half of the mixture. Refrigerate.

(8) Put egg yolk into piping bag. Decorate the cake with egg yolk.

(9) Grill until light brown. Remove. Decorate the sides of the cake with cream and almond flakes. Serve ~