Grease a springform pan (26 cm Ø; approx. 8 cm high) and sprinkle with coconut flakes. Melt the butter in a small pot at a mild heat and let it cool down a bit. Drain mandarins well
Mix curd, eggs, semolina, starch, sugar, vanillin sugar, salt, baking powder, lemon peel and juice with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the liquid butter. fold in mandarins, except for approx. 1/4 of the fruit
Fill the cheese mixture into the springform pan and smooth it down. Spread the remaining mandarins on top. Bake in the preheated oven (electric oven: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: level 2) for 1-1 1/4 hours. Let the coconut cheesecake cool down in the springform pan for at least 7 hours. Whipped cream tastes good with it