This recipe was submitted by Denise. It was handed down to her from her mother. I have NOT tested this recipe yet, but it looked so good, I had to post.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Ingredients for the Crust: Use a spring-pan.
1-¼ cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cups sugar
¼ cups melted butter
Combine butter and sugar with the graham cracker crumbs, and line the spring-pan. The back of a large cold spoon works well for this.
Bottom layer ingredients:
1 lb. softened cream cheese
½ cups sugar
3 medium eggs
¾ tsp vanilla
Cream softened cream cheese, add remaining ingredients and blend well. Pour in pan over crust and bake for 20 min. After removing from the oven, increase oven temperature to 475 degrees.
Top layer ingredients:
1 pint sour cream
¼ cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Blend together, add on top of first filling after it has cooled a little. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool on bake rake before refrigerating.
4 responses so far ↓
jane // February 19, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Sounds great, I will have to give it a try to see if it compares to my cakes.
carol whiteman // October 10, 2008 at 5:29 pm
This is exactly the same as my mother’s old recipe…delicious. Except for one important ingredient:
1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
for the bottom layer
Try it! Thanks…Carol
Deb // October 1, 2009 at 3:37 pm
This recipe is close to my grandmother’s cheesecake recipe. measurements are different, but most of the ingredients are the same. the cream cheese layer on the bottom has almond extract, and the top sour cream layer has the vanilla. the bottom layer is beaten for 20 min before baking, and the sour cream layer is beaten for 10 before being added to the other. and it really needs to be refrigerated overnight. I have more requests for this cheesecake than any other. it melts in your mouth!
Pastry Patty // October 10, 2009 at 6:26 am
I had this receipe 35 years ago. I used only 3 Tbs sugar in the sour cream. Very versitle, crush Oreo’s for the crust ( no addeditional fats), you can swirl in fruit prservers, chocolate chips, etc in c.c. layer. melted chips ( any flavor) before you add the SC. Toppings are limited to your imagination. Curls of chocolate, fresh rasberries,strawberries, dried fruits and a sprinkle of powdered sugar or mint. White chocolate is fab too. Feel free to steal ideas from your backeries.