My special kind of studying...

I don't know about you but when I'm on study leave I spend most of my time trying to avoid actually doing any kind of studying (terrible attitude -- I know). Today was another one of those days and while I probably should have been making myself very well acquainted with the ins and outs of Soviet Russia, I decided it would be more productive of me to bake a cheesecake. Sometimes I struggle to make sense of my own logic. But hey, at least now I can go on to doing my revision filled with a piece of this delicious German cake.

To do it yourself (and avoid doing any proper work like myself) you will need:
For the base
125g of butter
250g of self-raising flour
125g of sugar
1 egg yolk

For the 'cake' part (aka the top)
125g of butter
250g of sugar
1 tbsp of vanilla extract
750ml Quark (a type of soft cheese)
5 medium size eggs
... and a round, standard cake form (about 25cm diameter)

Preheat the oven at 175 degrees. Grease the cake form.
Begin by making a crumbly mixture out of the ingredients for the base. You should do this fairly quickly otherwise it will become too sticky (try using your hands for this part).

Line the form with the mixture (3cm in depth). Prick the base several times with a fork then place in pre-heated oven and cook for about 10 minutes.

Then mix together the soft butter, sugar, vanilla extract and eggs. Add the Quark and mix until creamy.
Pour the Quark-mixture onto the base and bake the cake for another 60 minutes (if it starts to burn, cover it with aluminium foil).

And enjoy...

S.