Cinnamon & honey baked cheesecake

Ingredients

• 300g digestive biscuits
• 100g butter, melted
• 400g soft cream cheese
• 300g organic greek style natural yoghurt
• 50g light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 140g honey
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• 200g mixed dried fruit

Topping:

• 180g organic greek style natural yoghurt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 50ml cold water

Directions

1. Line and grease a 24cm spring release round baking tin, preheat the oven to 160°C and soak the mixed dried fruit in boiling water.
2. Mix melted butter with crushed digestive biscuits and pack into the bottom of the baking tin. Refrigerate for 30mins.
3. Beat together the cream cheese, sugar and cornflour before mixing in the eggs, yoghurt and vanilla extract. Stir in the honey, drained dried fruit mix, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour the mix into the baking tin.
4. For baking, securely wrap the bottom of the tin with foil; place the tin in a large roasting pan and pour hot water into the pan to reach halfway up the cake tin. Bake for 35mins.
5. For the topping, mix the yoghurt, vanilla extract and cold water. Pour on top of the cheesecake and bake for a further 15mins at 180°c.
6. Once cooked, allow to cool and chill overnight

Recipe courtesy of Glenisk