Country Cheese Cake Shopping List:
Dough:
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup butter or margarine
3 egg yolks
3 tablespoons sour cream
Filling:
4 eggs
1 egg white
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ pounds farmer or pot cheese or ricotta
½ cup dairy sour cream
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Country Cheese Cake Preparation Instructions:
1. For dough, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. With pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until coarse and crumbly.
2. Beat egg yolks into sour cream. Stir into flour mixture. Knead in bowl until dough is well mixed and holds its shape.
3. Refrigerate dough until easy to roll out, at least 1 hour.
4. Roll out dough on a floured surface to fit a 13x9x2-inch pan, about a 15xll-inch rectangle.
5. Line bottom of pan, fitting dough so it comes about 2/3 of the way up sides of pan.
6. For filling, beat eggs and egg white at high speed of electric mixer until thick. Gradually add sugar, beating at high speed until stiff, not dry, peaks form.
7. Press cheese through a sieve. Fold into beaten egg mixture. Add remaining ingredients. Mix gently but thoroughly. Turn filling into dough-lined pan.
8. Bake at 350° F about 40 minutes, or until set.
9. Cool before cutting into squares.
Country Cheese Cake Recipe: ABOUT 16 SERVINGS
Country Cheese Cake Calories:
Let’s break it down and estimate the total calorie count for this recipe by ingredient. We’ll use average calorie values per common serving sizes.
Dough:
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour ≈ 210g → 765 calories
½ cup confectioners’ sugar ≈ 60g → 240 calories
¾ teaspoon baking powder ≈ 3g → 3 calories
¼ teaspoon salt ≈ 1.5g → 0 calories
¼ cup butter or margarine ≈ 57g → 400 calories
3 egg yolks ≈ 51g → 160 calories
3 tablespoons sour cream ≈ 45g → 90 calories
Subtotal for Dough: ~1,658 calories
Filling:
4 eggs ≈ 200g → 280 calories
1 egg white ≈ 33g → 17 calories
¾ cup sugar ≈ 150g → 600 calories
1½ pounds farmer or ricotta cheese ≈ 680g
If ricotta (whole milk): ≈ 1,080 calories
If farmer cheese (lower fat): ≈ 800–900 calories
½ cup sour cream ≈ 120g → 240 calories
2 tablespoons grated orange peel ≈ negligible, maybe 5 calories
1 teaspoon vanilla extract → 12 calories
Subtotal for Filling (assuming ricotta): ~2,234 calories
TOTAL RECIPE ESTIMATE:
Dough: ~1,658 calories
Filling: ~2,234 calories
Total: ~3,892 calories
Per Serving Estimate:
If you cut the final product into 12 slices, that’s about:
~325 calories per slice
Country Cheese Cake Prep Time Summary:
Active Prep 30–45 mins
Optional Dough Chill 30 mins
Bake Time 50–60 mins
Cool + Set (min) 30 mins
Total (min) ~2–2.5 hrs (not chilled overnight)
With chill time ~4–6 hrs total (or overnight)