Canadian Cottage Cheese Cake

Crust: 1 c Fine rusk crumbs

3 tb Melted butter

3 tb Sugar

3/4 ts Cinnamon

Filling: 2 lb Cottage cheese

5 Eggs

1/2 c Flour

1 c Sugar

2 ts Lemon rind

2 tb Lemon juice

1/2 ts Vanilla

1 c Heavy cream

Topping: 2 c Strawberries

1/4 c Cornstarch

1 c Sugar

1/4 c Orange juice

2 tb Orange rind

3 c Whole strawberries

Combine crust ingredients and press into a 9 inch springform pan and bake 350 for 10 minutes and cool. For filling: press cheese through sieve into a bowl. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in flour and sugar. Stir in rind and juice and vanilla. Whip cream and fold in. Pour into crust. Bake 350 1 hour and 10 mins or until set. Cool and chill. For topping: Blend berries to puree. add sugar and cornstarch with juice and rind. Cook thick and clear. Place whole berries over chilled cake. Pour on warm glaze and chill until set.
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