It’s no secret that I am not the best baker in the world, but what has been kept a secret for quite some time is this amazing cheesecake recipe that comes from my mother-in-law! Recently, my hubby and some of his family members went on a mission to clean up and pare down his grandma’s home. This great gal is in her nineties and she has accumulated a lot of wonderful items. One of those is this really cool recipe book that was compiled by a family member some time ago. All of these recipes are there for the picking and my talented man decided to try one of his mama’s out.
We love cheesecake in this house. I have even shared a recipe or two before and we still make those, but this particular recipe caught my eye. Maybe because it came from this family keepsake or maybe because it has sour cream in it (yes, in cheesecake), but either way I wanted to try it out. We did, we loved it and I hope you will too. Here ya go!
This family cookbook was compiled a few years ago, but contains recipes that are much older..
Extraordinaire Cheesecake by Donna Rudge
Ingredients:
- 3 – 8 oz packages of cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 pint of sour cream
- 1 tsp. of vanilla
- 1 & ½ cups of graham cracker crumbs
- 1/3 cup of melted butter
- 1 Springform Pan
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To help add a bit of moisture to your cheesecake, place an oven safe pan half filled with water on the rack where you will bake your cake.
- Make the graham crust by combining the graham cracker crumbs and the melted butter together in a bowl and don’t be afraid to use your hands. Dump your crumb/butter mixture into your spring form pan, making sure to cover the entire bottom. Press the crumb mixture into the pan firmly. Firmly.
- Using a clean bowl beat your cream cheese until it is smooth.
- Add the sugar gradually, but keep on beating the mixture.
- Add the eggs, one at a time and beat the mixture well after each one.
- Fold in the sour cream and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Pour the contents of the bowl into your springform pan and tap the pan lightly to allow the batter to settle.
- Bake for one hour (60 minutes) at 350° (don’t forget to add your pan of water!)
- Once your timer has gone off, turn off your stove and open the oven door part way. Allow your cheesecake to cool for twenty minutes or so, while still in the oven. This helps prevent the top from cracking.
- Remove from the spring form gently. ( We left the ring on with this cake as it was being taken out of the house)
- Toppings are always optional, but for this cake we added cherries. We cheated a bit and used a can of premade cherry topping, but you can really put whatever you want. Fresh fruits, caramel, chocolate drizzle etc. It’s all good.
Enjoy!
What is your favourite type of cake? I love all kinds, but cheesecake is in my top two. 
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Cheesecake is my favorite dessert. Your recipe looks really good so i copied it.
I am a huge cheesecake fan, I am not a fan of the sour cream cheesecakes, not fussy on the way it seems slightly off to my taste buds. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat it and enjoy it if someone offers it to me, but would not buy it or make it myself.
I love any kind of cheesecake!
a family recipe book, how awesome is that!
Thanks for this! My daughter turns 16 on Monday and asked for cheesecake. This looks great and I’m going to give it a try!
I live for cheesecake!!! This looks so delicious. Thank you SOOO much for sharing it with us!
OH MY GOSH!!! this looks amazing. I am such a big fan of cheesecake. New york style is my #1 choice. I have a huge sweet tooth. all things cake, pies and cupcakes lol
Wow. I want this right now please.
This looks like a great dessert!
Any cheesecake is good cheesecake ♡ I love trying out new recipes out for dinner time for the family
Love cheesecake going to try your recipe, thank you.
I love cheesecake it’s my favorite dessert to serve my family
This looks to die for! Going to make it tonight!
Wow, what an awesome find. I love the idea of a family cookbook. The cheesecake looks really amazing. I definitely have to try this recipe.
I love cheesecake!! I never added sour cream in my cheesecakes before, I will have to give your recipe a shot!!
Omg I love cheesecake. This is a great recipe!
I love cheesecake, especially toffee cheesecake which is my all time favourite. This sounds like a good one too, thanks for sharing
I love old fashioned baked Cheesecake. Thanks for the recipe, I will have to give it a try with strawberry topping.
I sure love my cheesecake and this one sounds especially delicious!
My daughter-in-law sometimes makes cheesecake for family dinners and they are so good.
Wow that sounds fantastic! I love the recipes that my babcia left for me.
My sister made this on the weekend and i got a chance to taste it,the 1 pint of sour cream does give it a nicer richer taste i found….delicious !!
I want some! This looks so divine!
I love cooking, but not baking, I’m good at it just don’t like it. So easy recipes are perfect. It looks yummy.
I love cheesecake!
This cheesecake looks delicious.
This cheesecake looks delicious.
I’ve never tried to make cheesecake, but will definitely try this one. I like the idea of a chocolate salted caramel topping.
Cheesecake is one of our family’s favourite desserts
I love cheesecake especially cherry cheesecake and this one looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your secret recipe!!
This looks good… I like the sour cream as I think it might make it a bit lighter Ill need to try this
I will try to make this for a co-workers retirement at work. Looks so good!
Yes please! A big slice please! I will be pinning for later use! Thanks for sharing something that looks so delicious!
I too also love cheesecake. I think this recipe is a nice one and I am pinning it for later. This would also be good with blueberry filling on top or even strawberry. But the one I like best is also cherry. thanks for sharing.
I love cheesecake. This looks delicious
I have never met a cake I did not love, but I cheesecake and carrot cake are at the top of my list!
This used to be my absolute favorite desert, but it’s been forever since I’ve had any. Thanks for reminding me LOL
Looks good. I like the idea of the sour cream to cut the sweetness. I think I’ll make raspberry sauce to go on top.
Looks so delicious! Cheesecake is my weakness. Thanks for sharing and I will have to make this
I finally got a spring form pan – time to give this a try.
A great looking cheesecake I would like to enjoy at supper today.
We love cheesecake in our house. This would be perfect for summer dinners with friends.
This sounds really good! I’ll have to try making it for my cheesecake loving family and friends
I’ve never heard of a cheesecake having sour cream in it, does that alter the taste a lot I wonder.
We enjoyed this cheesecake on Canada it was the hit of the party !
My favorite dessert is homemade cheesecake. I have made a non-cook caramel cheesecake that is like tasting a bit of heaven. Noone in our family can resist it. I love your recipe as well as I can top it with caramel or chocolate of fruit. Thank you for sharing your family recipe with us.
To me there is nothing better that a nice slice of cheesecake,it’s my weakness for sure !
These look so delicious.
I love cherry cheesecake
If you haven’t tried this recipe you need to it’s so delicious
The baked cheesecake is not my favourite but I make an awesome unbaked cheesecake and I usually use raspberries or blueberries instead of cherries because that’s my preference
Looks like such a delicious recipe!