Delicate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 20 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 10 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 8 large eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon orange flower water
• 1 teaspoon freshly-grated lemon, zest of
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 butter a 12 inch cake pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
• 4 add half the sugar, the egg yolks, orange-flower water, zest, vanilla, almond and lemon extracts and beat mixture on lowest setting for 2-3 minutes, or until well-combined.
• 5 add cornstarch and beat until just combined.
• 6 in a bowl with cleaned beaters, beat whites until they hold soft peaks; beat in remaining sugar, a little at a time, and beat until the whites hold stiff peaks.
• 7 fold the whites into the cream cheese gently but thoroughly.
• 8 pour batter into prepared cake pan.
• 9 put into a larger baking pan and add enough hot water to large pan to come half way up sides of cake pan.
• 10 bake for 40-45 minutes, or until top is light-golden-brown and set.
• 11 remove cake and let cool completely.
• 12 chill overnight.
• 13 to unmold: dip cake pan in a large pan of hot water for 5 seconds, invert a platter over it and invert cheesecake onto platter.
• 14 dust top of cake with icing sugar.