Royal Cheesecake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/4 cups flour, sifted
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup sour cream (or yogurt but i use sour cream)
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 eggs, separated
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 lbs cream cheese, room temperature
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 (14 ounce) can cherry pie filling, for top

Recipe

• 1 crust using a pastry blender or 2 knives cut cold margarine into flour, baking powder and sugar until pieces are the size of peas.
• 2 stir in sour cream, egg yolk& salt.
• 3 form into a ball& refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• 4 roll out into a circle to cover bottom& halfway up sides of a well-greased, 9 inch springform pan (you can also do this with your hands).
• 5 filling beat egg yolks until light, adding half the sugar.
• 6 stir in remaining ingredients except egg whites, remaining sugar, and cherry pie filling.
• 7 beat egg whites, gradually adding remaining sugar.
• 8 beat until able to form stiff peaks.
• 9 fold egg mixture into cheese mixture.
• 10 pour into crust.
• 11 bake in a preheated 350° oven for 45 minutes.
• 12 when cool, spread with a can of cherry pie filling.
• 13 refrigerate.