Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake

Well, ladies, I'm trying to get back into blogging with something sweet and light.  This is how my mood goes when I get into blogging.  Despite of all the obstructions, I pushed myself to make something and blog about it.  Since I left quite long break for blogging, now to get back into it seems like a huge task.  Cooking arecipe, photographing it and blog about it.  Wow! That seems like a lot of work to do and on top of that I have some events which has to be organised too.  Now I can appreciate the effort of bloggers who work constantly and sincerely.

This is one of the recipes which I have been eyeing for a long time now.  I never liked the word cheesecake, somehow blogging and the amazing pictures caught my attention.  After tasting this light and soft cheesecake, I doubt if I would go back to the normal cakes.  Anyway, we enjoyed this cake a lot, to the extent that me and my kids polished it off within two hours, I'm sure you'll enjoy making this.

Recipe source: The Sweet Spot
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 1 hour 20 minutes
Makes about 8 to 9 slices

Ingredients:
Cream Cheese- 250 g
Egg yolks-6
Egg whites- 6
Plain flour- 80 gm
Baking powder- 3/4 tsp
Butter- 50 gm
Milk-100 ml
Sugar- 140 gm
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Grated lemon zest- 1/2 tsp

Method:
Melt together butter, cream cheese and milk in a double boiler until it reaches a liquid consistency.  Pass it through a sieve to make it lump free.  Let it cool down for a while, add the vanilla essence, lemon zest and egg yolks.  Sift the flour and baking powder into the cream mixture.  Gently give it a good mix.
Beat the egg whites separately using an electric mixture until it looks like foam.  Add the sugar little by little and beat until it reaches a glossy look.
Fold the egg white mixture into the cream cheese mixture little by little.  Preheat the oven 180 degree Celsius.  Grease and line a 8 or10 inch round cake tin.  Pour the mixture into the cake tin, place it in a water bath and bake it for about 1 hour 20 minutes.  Leave it to cool in the oven for 30 minutes.  Remove it from the oven.  Carefully remove it from the tin, slice and serve.

Note:
The oven temperature might vary for different oven, so check after 1 hour to see if it's cooked by inserting a skewer in the middle.  If the skewer comes out clean, then it's cooked.