New York Cheesecake - cream cheese

Method

• Cream together sugar, butter and eggs.
• Set aside.
• In a desperate bowl, cream together the cream cheese and sour cream & then add to the sugar mixture.
• Add the vanilla and lemon juice.
• Butter a 10 inch springform pan liberally.
• Pour the mixture into the pan.
• Place the springform pan into a roasting pan and place into a 300F oven.
• Pour enough hot water into the roasting pan to reach the halfway point of the springform pan.
• (Double wrap the springform pan in heavy duty tin foil to prevent water from seeping through) bake at 300F for 2 hours.
• Remove from oven and remove springform pan from roasting pan and remove tin foil.
• Allow to cool at room temperature for 4 hours.
• Refrigerate over night.
• Add any topping you like.
• I boiled 2 cups of fresh strawberries with 1/4 cup of sugar, fresh squeezed lemon juice and a teaspoon of vanilla until thickened.