Cheese Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

45 vanilla wafers or 7 oz. vanilla wafer crumbs
1/4 c. melted butter or margarine
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. sugar
16 oz. cream cheese
3 eggs, separated
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. undiluted evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Crush wafers fine with a rolling pin.
Add butter, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon sugar.
Mix well.
Press firmly on bottom and about half way up sides of a 9-inch spring-form cake pan.
Beat cheese until softened.
Add egg yolks and mix well.
Add 1/2 cup sugar, the flour and salt.
Blend.
Beat in milk and vanilla. Beat egg whites until foamy.
Add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff, but not dry.
Fold carefully and thoroughly into first mixture.
Pour into crumb-lined pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 50 minutes or until firm.
Cool.
Remove sides of pan.