Coconut Cheesecake
Description
A unique cake made from simple ingredients! It's best to choose fine-grained cottage cheese, as it will be more tender in the cake. Two types of dough make the cake's flavor amazing! Instead of melted chocolate, you can use cooked fondant icing—it will also taste delicious. The baked good is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Separate the yolk from the white, add 3 tablespoons of sugar to the yolk and beat with a mixer.
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Step 2
2. Add the cottage cheese to the same mixture and blend until smooth. If the mixture turns out too runny, add 2-3 tablespoons of semolina. The cottage cheese mixture should hold its shape.
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Step 3
3. With wet hands, form a ball from the cottage cheese (3 cm in diameter) and roll it in coconut flakes. Place the balls on a baking sheet and put them in the freezer for half an hour.
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Step 4
4. Beat the egg white and another 2 room-temperature eggs with a mixer together with half a cup of sugar and vanilla. Once the sugar has dissolved, add sour cream and melted butter to the batter, and beat again. Then add flour and baking powder, and mix the batter.
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Step 5
5. Line the bottom of the baking pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with butter. Pour half of the dough into the pan and smooth it out.
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Step 6
6. Sift cocoa into the second half of the dough and mix. Pour the prepared mixture into a baking pan in such a way that the batters do not mix.
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Step 7
7. Evenly press the cottage cheese balls into the batter. Do not smooth the top with a spatula; just tap the pan gently on the table. Bake the cake in the oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes. Check for doneness with a wooden skewer.
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Step 8
8. Once the pie has cooled completely, use a knife to separate the edges from the sides of the pan and remove the pie. Place it on the oven rack and drizzle with melted chocolate, then sprinkle with coconut flakes. The result is not only delicious but also beautiful :)