Sernik: Polish Cheese Cake
This Polish style cheese cake is stable and cooks up like a dream to pair with any seasonal fruit you want to show off.
Ingredients
1020 g | 4 1/2 cups cream cheese, softened
392 g | 2 cups sugar
390 g | 3 1/4 cups heavy cream
25 g | 1/4 cup all purpose flour
pinch of salt
6 eggs
1 yolk
1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Heat oven to 425 F
- Paddle cream cheese in mixer until smooth
- Add the sugar and mix until combined and then scrape down the sides to be sure it is evenly mixed
- With the mixer on low, stream in the heavy cream
- Sift the flour and salt over the mixture
- Add the eggs one by one allowing each one to blend in completely before adding the next
- Finish with the yolk
- Add the vanilla then pour into a greased springform pan or baking dish
- Bake until the center barely jiggles and the top is deeply browned, about 45 minutes
- Allow to cool completely before slicing
