"if sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked" Henry IV

My favourite type of cheesecake is of the baked variety. Give me any cream cheese baked cheese cake over the normal ice-cream style any day. There's just something that is comforting in the texture of oven baked cream cheese crumbling in your mouth. Add a drizzle of honey, a sweet biscuit base and the nutty taste of Macadamias and you have a great concoction ready to impress.

I decided to make morning tea for my husband's work- I figure if they have to put up with him then they definitely deserve some kind of 'yum yum' as a surprise treat. Hence, the reason why I was up late searching for a quick and easy delicious recipe that would feed the "masses"  from my homemade cut out recipe cook book.

Voila a la Honey and Macadamia Baked Cheese cake!

I'd made this recipe before and it had exceeded expectations. I mean when people ask you where you bought the cheesecake from that's a compliment right? So Round 2 it was....

1 1/4 cups macadamia nuts roughly chopped
150g sweet plain biscuits (Nice)
100 g butter melted
500g cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup of honey
3 eggs
2/3 cup sour cream

Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and line spring form pan (22 cm). Place macadamias on tray and roast for 8-10 min or till golden. Cool.
Break biscuits and place in food processor till chopped. Add butter and process till combined. Press into base of pan and refrigerate till required.
You need the food processor again. Combine cream cheese, sugar and 1/4 cup honey in food processor. Process until smooth. Add eggs one at time, processing until well combined. Add sour cream and process till just combined.
Spread 2/3 of macadamias over biscuit base.  Drizzle with 2 tbs of honey. Then carefully pour cheesecake filling. Place on flat tray and bake for 50-60 min, or till you insert a skewer into the centre and it comes out clean.
Turn off oven and open door and allow it to cool in the oven. Cover and refrigerate for 3hrs.
Sprinkle remaining macadamias on top. Place remaining honey in microwave and zap to melt. Drizzle on top. BON!!!

The funny thing is that my husband is allergic to nuts and so he couldn't partake in the eating, but he scored some "brownie points" and said it was a success. I'm sure he probably told them he made it (snigger) and got me back!