I wish that every young employee beginning their professional career could meet such a boss as the one I once had. I doesn't matter whether it is a job in a corporation or in a state or private company. The most important thing is to have a leader who can create a team, motivate them to work and at the same time engender a positive atmosphere. My first boss was just such a person.

She used to bring a cheesecake to Christmas meetings – fluffy, dainty and always fine. She shared the recipe for this cake with me. Its quality depends most of all on the kind of cheese you use. It shouldn't be too sour and runny or you will make a beautiful ... sad layer. Our team doesn't exist anymore; its members have spread all over the world, but I still have the recipe. If I don't make any mistakes or don't forget that the cake is in the oven , it always turns out great.

Ingredients:

1kg of white cottage cheese for cheesecake

250g of sugar

4 eggs

50g of vanilla sugar

1 vanilla blancmange (without sugar)

150g of butter

fistful of raisins

fistful of minced dried apricots

Heat the oven up to 175C.

Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Beat the yolks with the sugar and vanilla sugar into a fluffy mass. Add the cheese, butter and blancmange (powder straight from the packet)  spoon by spoon, constantly stirring. Add the raisins, apricots and mix them in. Whisk the egg whites and mix them gently with the cheese mass. Smooth a cake tin with fat and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or flour. Put the dough into the cake tin and bake for 75 minutes. Glaze the cake with the chocolate when it has cooled down.

Enjoy your meal!