Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-CHERRY BOMB

Here we go, kids! This is my aunt Ivy's recipe, I believe she actually used it for a catering company she ran at one time. And, fun fact, it was my aunt and uncle's wedding cake!!

THE CRUST
Ingredients:
1c. flour
1/4c. sugar
1/2tsp grated lemon peel
8tbsp(1 stick) butter
1 slightly beaten egg yolk




Combine flour, sugar, and lemon peel. Cut butter until crumbly.




Add egg yolk, mix well.



Pat 1/3 of dough onto the bottom of an 8inch springform pan, sides removed. Seriously, remove the sides. It is not fun if you forget. Also, you will probably end up needing about 1/2 the dough, which is completely fine, do not fret, friends.



Bake this at 400 degrees for 7min. Cool.

While this is going on, you can start on the filling and then, once the pan is cool, do the sides.
The sides: butter the sides of pan and attach it to the bottom. Then pat the remaining dough on sides to a height of at least 1 3/4inches.



FILLING
Ingredients:
5 8oz packages cream cheese (softened)
1/4tsp vanilla
1/2tsp grated lemon peel
1 3/4c. sugar
3tbsp flour
1/4tsp salt
5 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4c. heavy cream



Beat cream cheese until creamy, add vanilla and lemon peel. Mix sugar, flour, and salt; blend into cheese mixture. Add eggs and egg yolks all at once, beat until just creamy. Gently stir in heavy cream.
Turn into crust lined pan.



Bake at 450 degrees for 10minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees, bake 55 minutes, or until center appears set.



Remove from oven, cool for 15 minutes. Loosen sides of cake from pan, either with the little thing if you have a pan that has a little thing (teeheehee), or with a spatula. Cool 1/2 hour longer, remove sides of pan.



YAY!!! YOU DID IT!!!

Now you can decorate it with whatever sort of loverly toppings you want. I went with berries to go along with the whole Springtime thing.



Love. Love love love.

In other news I had a fantabulous sleepover with my loverly lover last night, we had our annual take-a-lot-of-stupid-teenager-y-pictures-of-ourselves evening. But I had just found this AWESOME top in my sister's closet that I am going to wear every day for the rest of my life.



Thems is cherries!!! Fo sho!!!
I also decided that what I really want to do with my life is become a rock star.

So that's that.

Enjoy the cake, folks!!!