I have recently made a leftover cake using cheese and crumble from another bake. I was actually surprised that it worked.

Ostatnio zrobiłem ciasto z resztek, wykorzystując kruszonkę i ser z innego wypieku. Byłem dość zaskoczony, że wyszło.

I’m not a chef pastry, I don’t really know how to bake cakes. If I managed to make something like this just by trying, it must work for everyone.

When I made drożdżówki, I was left with quite some crumble and cheese filling. I was considering throwing it away, but eventually I took a tart tin and made a cake.

Just to recall the sources:

• Cheese filling (just remember, this uses Polish cheese called twaróg): Domowe wypieki
• Crumble: Beata Śniechowska

Planning

None. You’ll need a tart tin, mine was 25-30 cm in diameter.

Cheesecake

Ingredients

When making the buns, I had about hald of the crumble and halfo of cheese left, so these are the quantities I’m providing.

Crumble

• 50 g plain flour
• 25 g soft butter
• 25 g icing sugar

Cheese

• 150 g twaróg cheese
• 15 g soft butter
• 40 g sugar
• 1 egg yolk

Preparation

1. Work the crumble ingredients into a crumbly dough with your hands. I mix flour with sugar, then add butter and start pinching it through flour until the texture is right
2. Blend the cheese, I used a grinder but you can use a blender. Add other ingredients and work into a smooth paste
3. Set the oven to 180 C degrees
4. Put some of the crumble on the base of the tin and press it to form a solid crust. Mine was about 4-5 mm thick. In general, the base is more important than the crumble on top, so make sure it is covering the whole base, but isn’t too thick
5. Bake it for about 10 minutes. It will still be soft, but will start catching yellow-brown colour
6. Put the cheese on top and cover with the rest of crumble
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until it becomes golden-brown
8. Leave to cool down

Yes, it’s that simple. In terms of taste, it’s a bit too sweet, but then the crumble is made as a sweet addition to a cake and not to be the cake itself. You can remove a bit of sugar to make it less sweet, but then I don’t think I would.

The result was surprising – I had one piece after baking and the following day after work it was already gone – the kids loved it. Let me know if it works the same for you.