Vanilla cheesecake with raspberry sauce
Cheesecakes
This recipe is dedicated to my grandmother, Dvora, who loves all cheesecakes great and small. If you were to take her to a café with cheesecake on the menu, she would probably order it. She deserves it. Having turned 88 in January, this remarkable woman lived through the Great Depression and a World War, when even something as basic to us as cream was beyond luxury. I imagine her first cheesecake, later in life, was nothing short of an epiphany. <br /> <br />With so much lore and sagas and memories rooted in this one particular dessert, it is no wonder that this recipe is the one I would like to be remembered for. It is very special. I never wrote it down. When holidays or birthdays or special requests came up, this cake just magically appeared for my friends and family. I liked it that way for a long time. <br /> <br />Now that I’ve started my own blog, my view has changed. The elementary act of sharing (especially recipes) opens up all kinds of opportunities for new people to carry your treasures forward and incorporate them into new histories. Maybe someday one of my children will take this recipe and give it his or her own special twist. Maybe they will serve it to me when I'm too old and tired to bake one. Better yet - maybe they will remember stories of my grandmother, who loves cheesecakes beyond any other sweet.
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