A russian cheesecake and the desire for my man.

Since my boyfriend moved to Leipzig to go to college my baking obsession reaches fever pitch! I can't spend a day without baking at least some cookies or other sweet give-aways. Today I decided to make a Russian cheese cake. The recipe is very easy and it's DELICIOUS!! If you want to make it a little fancier just put some cherries on the flan case before you add the cream-cheese-mix.

...so here is the recipe:

Preheat the oven to 175 °C

For the shortcrust:
200 g butter
150 g sugar
350 g plain flour
30 g cocoa powder
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg

Mix the ingredients together until everything is combined and put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes (not to long since it gets to hard to roll it out).

Lighty dust a clean work surface with flour

roll out the dough with a rolling pin. 

Line the prepared dish with the dough and trim it if needed
with a sharp knife. 

the edges might be a little tricky. If the dough breaks to often
just put it back in the fridge for a few minutes. 

just use your hands to connect the bottom and the edges!
 If you are done put the dough in the oven for 10 minutes. 

For the cream-cheese-mixture:

180g butter

200g sugar

4 eggs

500g curd cheese

3 teaspoons vanilla sugar

1 paket vanilla flan powder

Beat everything together until the mixture is smooth.
Pour the filling on top of the crust and bake it for about 50-60 minutes. 

DONE !