Ingredients

  • 4 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 5 eggs (at room temperature)
  • 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1 pt. sour cream (at room temperature)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325°.
  • Grease and flour a 9-inch spring-form pan.
  • Cream sugar and cream cheese.
  • Add eggs, one at a time; beat.
  • Add remaining ingredients; beat for 15 minutes with mixer. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake for 1 hour.
  • Do not open oven door.
  • Turn oven off; leave cake in oven for an additional hour.
  • Refrigerate cake in pan for at least 10 hours.