Macadamia & Honey Baked Cheesecake
Servings:
8
Prep Time:
30 min
Cook Time:
60 min
Total Time:
1 hr 30 min
A word from the cook
Life is uncertain, eat dessert first
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (chopped roughly)
150 gram sweet plain biscuits
100 gram melted butter
500 gram cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup honey
3 eggs
2/3 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees
- Grease and linebase of a cake tin
- Roast the macadamias in the oven or very carefully in a frying pan (they burn quickly)
- Process the biscuits in a food processor and then add the butter and process until well combined
- Press the biscuit mixture into the bottom of the cake tin before refrigerating
- Combine the cream cheese and ricotta, sugar and 1/4 cup honey and mix beat until smooth before adding the eggs one at a time
- Fold in the sour cream gently
- Spread two thirds of the macadamias over biscuit base, then drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the honey
- cover with the cheesecake filling
- Place on a flat tray and bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean
- Turn off the oven and open the door, leaving teh cheesecake to cool completely in oven
- Put the cheesecake in the fridge for 3 hours to overnight
- When you are ready to serve heat the remaining honey in the microwave, sprinkle the cake with macadamias and pour the hot honey over the cake
- Serve with strawberries
I usually mix in 1/4 cup ricotta in with the cream cheese as well
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