Fluffy Cheese Cake Bar

Ingredients

Methods

60g butter, softened 80g granulated sugar, divided use 100g AP flour 100g cream cheese 60g sour cream 15g condensed milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 tsp fine salt 100g coconut milk 1tbsp lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 B (appr 65g) egg whites

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Prepare 7" cake pan with butter or lined wit parchment paper at bottom. 2. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with a hand-held mixer until creamy, roughly 2-3 minutes. 3. Gradually add 40g sugar, beating until light and fluffy. 4. Stir together milk, lemon juice, sour cream and vanilla. 5. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder; add to butter mixture alternately with coconut milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. 6. Beat egg whites and 40g sugar at medium speed until stiff peaks form; gently fold into batter. 7. Pour batter into a 7" prepared round pans. 8. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. 9. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. *coconut milk can replaced with full cream milk *may use 6" cake pan.