Cheesecake Squares

Note: This high-calorie recipe is especially for kids with cystic fibrosis (CF), who may need additional calories to meet their nutritional needs.

You can make this yummy dessert now and freeze the leftovers to eat later.

Prep time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

Bottom layer:

• 1 egg
• 1 box pudding-style yellow cake mix
• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, melted

Middle layer:

• 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 5½ cups confectioner’s sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs

Topping:

• ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (176ºC).
2. Mix together all the ingredients listed to make the bottom layer and spread in a greased 9×13-inch pan.
3. Use hand mixer to whip together the remaining ingredients to make the middle layer. Whip until fluffy and spread over cake mixture.
4. Bake for 35 minutes.
5. Cool and sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar.

Serves: 15

Serving size: 3½-inch x 2½-inch square

Nutritional analysis (per serving):
464 calories
5 g protein
16 g fat
410 mg sodium
76 mg calcium

Note: Nutritional analysis may vary depending on ingredient brands used.

Reviewed by: Rupal Christine Gupta, MD