Easy Cheese Cake

Name: Easy Cheese Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 pies (about 16 slices)
Ingredients: CAKE; 3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese; 4 eggs; 1 cup sugar; ½ tsp almond extract; TOPPING; 1 cup sour cream; 3 Tbsp sugar; 1 tsp vanilla

Marye Cakes & Pies

Serves 2 pies (about 16 slices) Prep 10 min Cook 50–60 min at 350°

Plain cheesecake with sour cream topping.

Marye's handwriting — page 15 of her spiral recipe notebook.

From Marye's spiral recipe notebook — a notebook of recipes Marye kept with grape-cluster illustrations on each page. This is page 15 of that notebook.

Ingredients

CAKE
3 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ tsp almond extract

TOPPING
1 cup sour cream
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Blend all of the cake ingredients (cream cheese, eggs, sugar, almond extract) well.
3. Pour into two well-greased 9-inch pie plates.
4. Bake at 350°F for 40 to 50 minutes.
5. Combine the topping ingredients (sour cream, sugar, vanilla).
6. Spread the topping over the cakes and bake an additional 10 minutes at 350°F.
7. Cool before serving.