Cheesecake with Mandarins (Käsekuchen mit Mandarinen)

Equipment

• KitchenAid Artisan 5KSM175PS stand mixer

Ingredients

Dough:

• 380 g Flour
• 3 tsp Baking powder
• 100 g Margarine
• 2 Eggs
• 180 g Sugar
• 1 packet Vanilla sugar

Cheese filling:

• 4 Eggs
• 250 g Sugar
• 2 packet Vanilla pudding powder
• 150 ml Sunflower oil
• 1 kg Low-fat quark
• 250 ml Milk
• 1 Lemon (juice and zest)
• 3 cans Mandarins

Glaze:

• 2 packet Clear cake glaze
• Mandarin juice (from the cans)

US measures are rounded approximations – a kitchen scale is more accurate.

Instructions

1. 1

   Dough:

   
2. 2

   Quickly work all the ingredients for the dough into a shortcrust dough. If the dough is relatively soft, put it in the fridge briefly and let it rest.

   
3. 3

   Then roll it out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and press up an edge.

   

Cheese filling:

1. 4

   Preheat the oven (200°C conventional (top/bottom heat))

2. 5

   Drain the mandarins well in a sieve and catch the juice to use for the glaze later.

3. 6

   Beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy.

4. 7

   Then beat in the vanilla pudding powder, oil, quark, milk and lemon (juice and zest) until you have a creamy mixture.

   
5. 8

   Next, spread the cheese filling evenly over the cake base and top with the mandarin pieces.

   
6. 9

   Bake the cake in the preheated oven for approx. 35-40 min. and then let it cool completely.

   

Glaze:

1. 10

   Once the cheesecake has cooled, the glaze can be applied.

   To do this, boil up the cake glaze according to the packet instructions (use the mandarin juice as the liquid - if there isn't enough, please top up with water) and quickly spread it evenly over the cheesecake.

   
2. 11

   Tip:

   Cut into pieces, the cake can be frozen very well.