# Romanian Crème Fraîche Cake (Lichiu)

A delicate, lightly-sweet cheesecake with the flavor of a mild lemon bar, atop a yeasted brioche-like dough.

- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- flour
- sugar
- salt
- milk
- egg yolk
- yeast
- lemon zest
- 4 tbsp butter
- crème fraîche
- semolina
- vanilla
- egg white

## Instructions

1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a stand mixer.
2. In a separate container, combine milk, egg yolks, yeast, and lemon zest; add this mixture to the dry ingredients in the mixer.
3. Add butter, one tablespoon at a time, to the mixer.
4. Set the dough aside to rest for 90 minutes.
5. Whisk crème fraîche, egg yolks, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
6. In a saucepan, heat milk with salt and sugar, then slowly whisk in the semolina and cook until thick.
7. Stir vanilla and lemon zest into the semolina mixture and let cool.
8. Whisk egg whites into the semolina mixture.
9. Press the dough into the bottom of a pan and let sit for 30 minutes.
10. Spread the semolina filling over the dough and top with the crème fraîche mixture.
11. Bake in a 400-degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
12. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes before serving.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- whisk
- saucepan
- spatula
- baking pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDuMdEBF/
- Creator: 177milkstreet
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f1f7ab53-305f-43cc-966e-6d8320df54d1
- Extracted: 2026-08-22

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