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🍰 Cherry Cheesecake with Almond Base
276 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g soft butter
- 150 g raw cane sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 eggs
- 175 g spelt whole wheat flour
- 75 g ground almond kernels
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 5 tbsp cornstarch
- 60 ml milk (3.5% fat)
- 400 g sour cherries
- 500 g low-fat quark
- 150 g sour cream
- 1 organic lemon
Instructions
- 1. Beat the butter until creamy and stir in 75 grams of sugar.
- 2. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a knife.
- 3. Add the vanilla seeds and a pinch of salt to the butter mixture.
- 4. Stir in the eggs one by one until well incorporated.
- 5. Mix flour, ground almonds, baking powder, and two tablespoons of cornstarch in a separate bowl.
- 6. Alternately add the dry mixture and the milk to the egg butter, stirring until smooth.
- 7. Line the bottom of a springform pan with baking paper.
- 8. Pour the dough into the pan and smooth the surface.
- 9. Pre-bake the base in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (160 degrees Celsius fan) for about 10 minutes.
- 10. Wash the cherries, remove the pits, and pat them dry.
- 11. Mix the quark (curd cheese) with the sour cream.
- 12. Rinse the lemon under hot water, pat dry, and finely grate the zest.
- 13. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- 14. Stir the lemon zest, lemon juice, remaining sugar, and remaining cornstarch into the quark mixture.
- 15. Whisk the eggs into the quark mixture.
- 16. Gently fold the cherries into the cheese cream.
- 17. Remove the pre-baked dough base from the oven.
- 18. Pour the cheese mixture evenly over the dough base.
- 19. Bake the cake for another 35 minutes in the oven.
- 20. Cover the cake with aluminum foil if it starts to brown too much.
- 21. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
- 22. Carefully release the cake from the pan.
- 23. Cut the cake into slices and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 276
- Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 13 g · Carbs: 29 g