Rich, creamy cheesecake with the golden flavor of molasses.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Amish
Keyword: Molasses, Shoofly
Servings: 8
Ingredients
Shoofly Cake
1/3cwhite whole wheat flour
1/4 cbrown sugar, packed
1/2tspcinnamon
2 1/2Tbspbutter
2Tbspdark molasses
1/4cboiling water
1/2tspvanilla extract
scant 1/4tspbaking soda
1/2tspvinegar
Crust
1 1/4calmond meal/flour
1Tbspbutter
Pinchsalt
Filling
8ozNeufchatel cheese
2Tbspbrown sugar
2Tbspwhite whole wheat flour
1 1/2tspcornstarch
1/2tspvanilla extract
Pinchsalt
3TbspGreek yogurt
1large egg
1/4cmilk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Shoofly Cake
Combine the 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and cinnamon in the work bowl of food processor. Add the butter and pulse to fine crumbs. Alternately, cut in using a pastry blender. Spread this mix in an 8-inch pie pan or other shallow baking pan. Mix the molasses, boiling water, vanilla and baking soda. Add the vinegar, which will cause the mixture to foam. Quickly pour over the crumb mixture in the pie pan and dsitribute evenly. Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the cake on top is set. Watch carefully, as it will burn easily. Remove and cool slightly. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
Crust
Pour the almond meal and salt into the work bowl of food processor, pulse to combine, then pulse the 1 tablespoon of butter to very fine crumbs. Scoop one quarter of the baked shoofly cake into the food processor and process to crumbs. Butter a 9-inch pie pan, then press the crumb mixture in firmly. Bake at 325 degrees F. for 15 minutes. Remove and cool slightly. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.
Filling
Combine all ingredients in workbowl of food processor and process to combine. Alternately, mix well in a large mixing bowl. Scoop the remainder of the shoofly cake into the work bowl and pulse to distribute throughout the filling mixture. If mixing by hand, fold the shoofly cake into the filling until it is distributed well. Pour the filling into the crust and bake at 300 degrees for 35-40 minutes, till set in the center. Remove to cooling rack. Cool, then chill for several hours before slicing.
Notes
Prepared as written, one 1/8 slice of cheesecake is approximately 24 grams of carbohydrate.