Olive Garden Peaches 'N Cream Cheesecake

      1    Egg
    1/3 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Vanilla
    1/4 c  All-purpose flour
    1/4 ts Baking powder
      1 pn Salt
      2 tb Water
           FILLING
      2 lb Cream cheese; soft
      1 c  Sugar
      4    Eggs
      1 ts All-purpose flour
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Sour cream
    1/4 c  Peach liqueur or
           Peach schnapps or
           Reserved peach juice
           -from canned peaches
           -or fresh peaches
      2 c  Canned or firm, ripe fresh
           -peaches, slice, drain well
           TOPPING
      1 pt Whipping cream or equivalent

BASE: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease base of 10" springform pan. Beat whole egg in 1-1/2-qt bowl with mixer on high speed, 4 minutes, to a thick yellow foam. Mix in sugar on low speed until smooth. Add flour, water, vanilla, baking powder and salt. Mix on low speed until fully blended. Pour into springform pan, roll around until level. Bake 16 to 18 minutes on lowest oven rack. Cool to room temp. FILLING: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix cream cheese, sugar, eggs and flour with electric mixer on high until smooth. Add vanilla, sour cream and peach flavoring and mix on medium until a smooth thick consistency is obtained. Fold in peach slices carefully - distribute evenly. Pour cheesecake filling onto cooled sponge cake base. Bake 70 minutes on lower oven rack, turn off oven, open oven door to broil position and let cake remain 40 minutes. Cool to refrigerated temperature. TOPPING: Top with fresh whipped cream or equivalent and serve. Store up to 2 days in the refrigerator. Source: The Olive Garden Restaurant.


Yield: 1 Cheesecake Servings