My Mom's Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 eggs, separated (extra large or jumbo)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons self-rising flour (heaped spoons)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup light sour cream
• 24 ounces fat free cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 packet vanilla instant pudding mix
• orange zest
• 8 ounces heavy cream (optional)
• 8 ounces milk (optional)
• 1/2 packet instant vanilla pudding (optional)
• berries or other seasonal fruit (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 325 degrees, butter a 9inch springform pan.
• 2 whip egg whites with 3/4 cup sugar ntil very stiff.
• 3 put aside combine yolks, remaining sugar (1/2 cup), flour, vanilla, sour cream, cream cheese, and 1/2 of the instant pudding powder, and mix until smooth.
• 4 i use the mixer for this.
• 5 gently fold whipped whites into cheese mixture and add the orange peel.
• 6 pour into prepared pan, and bake until top is almost golden but not quite, and the cake is quite firm.
• 7 in my oven it takes about 40-50min.
• 8 remove from oven and let rest.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 i normally cool overnight before topping, best to keep in the fridge.
• 11 to prepare topping-- whip milk+cream+remaining pudding powder until stiff.
• 12 pour over the cake and keep in the fridge.
• 13 before serving you could top with berries or other fruits sprinkled with powder sugar.
• 14 it is best to serve this cake at room temperature and i normally take it out of the fridge at least an hour before serving.