Mandarin Cheese Cake

Sponge Cake Base:

• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup of sifted flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Beat eggs and sugar for about 5 minutes, and very light and fluffy..
2. Add the vanilla
3. Sift the dry ingredients together and mix into the egg batter and mix together til all is well mixed together.
4. Grease a 9" spring form pan lightly.
5. Pour in the batter and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
6. Leave in pan to cool completely.
7. Remove cake after it has been cooled and place on to serving platter.

Cream Cheese Topping:

• 8 oz brick of cream cheese
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 pint of whipping cream, whipped
• 1 tin of mandarin oranges, drained, reserving the liquid
• 1 small package of lemon flavored gelatin

1. Dissolve the gelatin in the hot reserved juice and stir til the powder is dissolved completely.
2. Let partially set until it is the thickness of an unbeaten egg white.
3. Whip together the cream cheese, sugar, and fold in whipped cream
4. Add the gelatin and stir in the mandarin segments that have been cut in half. Reserve a few to decorate the top.
5. Place the spring form ring around the cake which is on the serving platter and close the ring.
6. Pour over the cream cheese mixture and let it set in the refrigerator for several hours or over night.
7. Take a sharp knife and go around the edge of the cheese cake to loosen it from the ring.
8. NOTE: Change up the flavors buy using strawberry flavored gelatin powder and Strawberries, or any flavor you life ie. raspberry mixed with blueberry etc.
9. This freezes well. Thaw in fridge for several hours before wanting to serve it.