Texas Cheesecake Sheet Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) butter recipe cake mix
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• pie filling (cherry, pineapple, blueberry, strawberry, etc.)

Recipe

• 1 measure out 1 cup of dry cake mix and reserve.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, stir together remaining dry cake mix, 1 egg, and oil (mixture will be crumbly).
• 3 press crust mixture evenly into bottom of a greased 13 x 9 pan.
• 4 in the same bowl, blend cream cheese and sugar together.
• 5 add 3 eggs and reserved cake mix and beat 1 minute on medium.
• 6 turn mixer to low setting and gradually add milk, lemon juice and vanilla and mix until smooth.
• 7 pour into crumb crust.
• 8 bake at 300° for 45 to 55 minutes, or until center is firm.
• 9 cool to room temperature.
• 10 spoon pie filling on top of cheesecake, cover and chill at least 1 hour before serving.
• 11 store in refrigerator.
• 12 baked cheesecake freezes great if it is well-wrapped. wait to top it with pie filling until it has thawed.