CELEBRATING WITH A QUICK CHEESECAKE
As I’m celebrating the June 11th release of The
Black Cat Steps On A Crack, Bad Luck Cat Mystery #4, I should be busy writing
the next adventure of Sabrina and Hitchcock. I get sidetracked easily, though, and
when I came across my grandmother’s recipe notebook I stopped to page through
it.
Today, it’s easy to capture an image of an interesting
recipe. Not so quick in her time –she obviously spent many hours recopying recipes
into this book. (Of the other treasures I kept from her kitchen, the strawberry
dish is my favorite). When I came across
the “Quick Cheesecake” recipe, my mouth started watering. My husband and I both
love cheesecake, and our wedding anniversary was yesterday – it’s not too late
to celebrate with this treat. (I especially appreciate this recipe because it’s
gluten-free and diabetic friendly, too!)
INGREDIENTS:
2 packages
8-oz. cream cheese
½ cup plus 1
tablespoon sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract, divided
½ teaspoon
fresh lemon juice, divided
1 cup sour
cream
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square pan w/
nonstick spray. Combine cream cheese and ½ cup sugar; beat well. Beat in the
eggs one at a time. Beat in ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and ¼ teaspoon lemon
juice. Spoon into dish and bake 40-45 minutes, or until golden. Remove from
oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Do not turn off the oven. Meanwhile, combine the sour cream with the
remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla, and ¼ teaspoon lemon juice;
mix well. Spread over top of cheesecake and bake for 10 minutes. Let cheesecake
cool, then cover and chill for at least 4 hours.
About THE BLACK CAT
STEPS ON A CRACK:
Sabrina Tate and her cat, Hitchcock, must sort through
the clues when a librarian is killed and justice is overdue . . .
With construction on the town’s new library nearing
completion, mystery writer Sabrina Tate is thrilled that local book lovers, and
her own forthcoming novel, will soon have a fine new home. But tensions are
rising at the site as the headstrong new librarian insists on telling the
construction crew how to do their jobs, bringing work to a standstill. When
Sabrina’s cat unearths the dead body of the librarian not long after—and a good
friend’s husband is named as the main suspect—she finds herself being pulled
into a murder investigation yet again.
While virtually all the workers at the site had a motive to
commit the dark deed, Sabrina turns her attention to the victim’s background
looking for clues, but hits a dead end when she can’t locate any of the woman’s
family. As a string of planted evidence and a murky collection of malicious
characters start to surface, Sabrina knows she and Hitchcock will have to tread
carefully, before the library killer decides to check them out for good . . .
Kay
Finch is the National Best-Selling author of the Bad Luck Cat Mysteries by
Penguin Random House. Though her
character, Sabrina Tate, has left the paralegal profession behind to move to
the Texas Hill Country, Kay still works as a paralegal at a Houston, Texas law
firm. She resides in a Houston suburb with her husband and pets. Visit her at www.kayfinch.com.
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Kay is giving away one copy of The Black Cat Steps on a Crack. Leave a comment below to be entered to win. (US only).
