Cherry Topped Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
2 tablespoons oil
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Reserve 1 cup of the dry cake mix.
In a large bowl, combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg and oil (mixture will be crumbly).
Press crust mixture evenly into the bottom and 3/4 of the way up the side of a greased 13x9 baking pan.
In the same bowl, blend cream cheese and sugar.
Add 3 eggs and reserved cake mix.
Beat 1 minute at medium speed.
At low speed, slowly add milk, lemon juice and vanilla, mix until smooth.
Pour into the crust.
Bake at 300 degrees for 45-55 minutes, until the center is firm.
When cool, top with cherry pie filling.