Baked Farmer's Cheese Easter Cake (Tvorozhnaya Pascha)

Name: Baked Farmer's Cheese Easter Cake (Tvorozhnaya Pascha)
Total time: 300 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Home cooking
Ingredients: Cottage cheese 9% (tvorog) — 108 g; Eggs — 0.5 pcs; Butter — 11 g; Sugar — 17 g; Sour cream 15% — 21 g; Raisins — 11 g; Vanilla sugar — 2 g; Lemon — 5 g; Salt — 0.6 g

A dense, baked farmer's cheese cake with sour cream, raisins, and a hint of lemon. Holds its shape well and slices neatly into clean pieces.

Time: 5 h
Serving: 434 kcal
Ingredients: ≈ $1.54
Protein: 21 g

High protein Meat-free Sweet

Baked Farmer's Cheese Easter Cake (Tvorozhnaya Pascha)

Ingredients

1 Cottage cheese 9% (tvorog)pack 300 g ≈ $3.00 108 g
2 Eggspack 10 pcs ≈ $1.93 0.5 pcs
3 Butterpack 180 g ≈ $1.58 11 g
4 Sugar 17 g
5 Sour cream 15%pack 300 g ≈ $1.60 21 g
6 Raisinspack 200 g ≈ $2.40 11 g
7 Vanilla sugar 2 g
8 Lemon≈ $4.70 per kg 5 g
9 Salt to taste

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Rinse raisins⁶, drain well, and zest a little lemon⁸ peel with a fine grater.
Blend farmer’s cheese with sour⁵ cream, egg, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, and softened butter³ until smooth.
Fold in raisins⁶ and lemon⁸ zest. Transfer mixture to a baking dish lined with parchment paper.
Place the dish in a deep baking tray with hot water halfway up the sides of the form.
Bake for 55–60 minutes at 325°F (160°C) until the edges set and the center still has a slight spring.
Cool in the pan, then refrigerate for at least 3 hours before slicing cold.

Tips

Why it works: Pour water into the baking tray so the steam cooks the paskha evenly and the crust doesn't dry out. The temperature of 160 °C keeps the curd from spreading while it stays soft inside.
Substitutions: Replace the raisins with dried apricots (11 g) for a softer, sweeter result. If you have no lemon zest, use 0.5 tsp of lemon juice.
Common mistakes: If the paskha cracks on the sides, the oven is too hot or it was baked without water. Check doneness with a toothpick: it should come out dry.
Storing and reheating: Keep for 5 days in the fridge, sealed in cling film. Slice it cold and reheat in the microwave for 20 seconds with a damp paper towel.
Serve with: Serve with tea at a festive table or as a dessert after lunch with cherry jam.

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Nutrition

Per serving and share of 2000 kcal

Calories	434 kcal	22%
Protein	21 g	28%
Fat	25 g	35%
Carbs	31 g	12%
Per 100 g	215 kcal

Cost

≈ $1.54per serving

Average supermarket prices, BLS (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), October 2026. Your store will differ: products come in packs and each chain sets its own prices. The priciest item here is cottage cheese 9% (tvorog).