Kaesekuchen ***

Ingredients

375 gr cottage cheese
240 ml sour cream
300 gr sugar
4 eggs
1/2 lemon
1 gr vanilla
170 gr raisins
65 gr cornstarch
3 gr flour
5 gr baking soda
60 gr almonds
1 muerbeteig
250 gr flour
110 gr butter
1 egg
1 gr salt
5 gr baking powder

Instructions

Prepare dough and with it line bottom and sides of a greased cake tin. Strain cottage cheese, stir in cream. Add sugar, eggs, grated lemon peel, vanilla, raisins and cornstarch. Mix flour and baking soda and add. Pour batter into dough lining, top with grated almonds and bake in 190ÂșC oven for about 1 hour. When done, cool cake in a warm place. Do not chill. Mix: all ingredients and, on a bread board, knead to a supple dough. Roll out and use as instructed in above recipe. In view of the large butter content of this dough, it should be thoroughly cooled before baking. FROM: RITA TAULE (BTVC62A) ----