Boobas famous cheesecake recipe
My booba Lily (Jewish grandmother)
was a legendary cook and baker, not to mention the sweetest and most generous
granny any grandkid could ask for. Always offering me chocolate or a boiled egg
she kept aside from breakfast because she knew I was visiting her on my day off
work.
She passed away recently at the grand
age of 96! Good innings for sure, I’m not convinced I’d like to live to that
ripe old age thanks! It’s not the wrinkles that worry me it’s the mind and body
wearing down that freaks me out!
I was inspired to bake her famous
cheesecake literally the same week she passed away, I guess I thought that if I
baked something that she could make so beautifully and skilfully that it would
bring me closer to her in some weird or spiritual way? I have never baked a
cheesecake in my life! Just so you know…..
So I get the recipe from my mom and
go buy all the ingredients.
I’m amped to do this, I get the dough
mixture ready and try with some trepidation to knead this sticky dough moosh,
and it’s not looking very doughy if that’s even the right wording? Anyway I’m
getting abit flustered and call out aloud ‘Boobs help me out here!’ so I add
some more flour and slowly but surely it’s starting to look like real cake
dough! Yay! WE HAVE SUCCESS! The drop offs are much appreciated by my two
assistants Jack and Jill, they are loving this raw dough treat ha ha ha
Next is the cheese filling which is
much easier to do I might add. In to the oven and now we wait 40 minutes or
until golden brown. The smells permeating from the oven are mouth-watering!
Here is the recipe that I treasure
and will always think of my Booba Lily when I bake it,
Enjoy…..
DOUGH INGREDIENTS
2 cups flour
Quarter pound butter
3 eggs
Quarter cup cream
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence.
CHEESE INGREDIENTS
2 or 3 tubs smooth cream cheese (full
cream or low fat)
2 eggs
Quarter cup cream
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
2 desert spoons mazeena (corn flour)
DOUGH INSTRUCTIONS
Cream butter and sugar together
Add eggs one at a time
Add cream and vanilla essence
Add flour and baking powder
Knead mixture into ball. (Add flour
if too sticky)
Let rest while preparing cheese.
When ready use rolling pin to evenly
roll.
CREAM CHEESE INSTRUCTIONS
Add cheese and eggs together
Add cream and milk
Add mazeena and sugar
Mix well, pour over dough in greased
tin.
Bake on 160 degrees until golden
brown.
