Hello Everyone 
Please don’t hate me because I’ve kept you in suspense for the past couple of days For those lovely Readers who are a little confused about what I’m talking about lol let me quickly explain it hehe ~
Just the base
It all started with the mysterious cheesecake I made on Saturday and I posted it on Instagram (daisy_nevertoosweet) ~ I was quite nervous because it’s the first time I’ve made this type of cheesecake and it includes ‘folding’! Gosh I’m so scared of this ‘folding’ process >_< but anyhow, it was a success YAY Many people commented on it and have been asking me what cheesecake it was Cuz i was very secretive about it hehe I even gave some to fellow bloggers Lianne (Food Made With Love) and Julie (I Dream In Chocolate), but even they didn’t know what it was hahhaa
Finished Product YAY!
Now it’s finally time to reveal the mysterious cheesecake *DRUM ROLLS PLEASE* it is a ‘Vanilla Honey Cheesecake’ 
And I actually made it for the Alphabakes challenge this month ~ hosted by my dear blogger friend Ros (The More Than Occasional Baker) and the letter this month was “V”. As soon as I saw it…I freaked out…OMG what the heck am I going to bake for the letter “V”. Then Mr Bao rolled his eyes and said ‘Vanilla duh’… so that immediately comforted me hehe so then with the Queen’s Jubilee I wanted to make a ‘Victorian’ Sponge, but so many people were making it…so I was once again lost…was so close to just making simple Vanilla cupcakes…but what fun would that be >_<
Then I jumped on one of my favourite websites taste.com and typed vanilla and that’s when I found this recipe ‘Vanilla Honey Cheesecake’ that first appeared in the ‘delicious’ magazine a few years ago. Right then and there I knew I was going to make it because last year when I went to Beechworth I bought Honey Vanilla and had never used it like a lot of things I buy 
This was the PERFECT time to use it!
Honey and Vanilla Bean from Beechworth Honey
I’m sorry I don’t remember how much it was but unde $10AUD and not sure where else you can get it, because I bought it from the Beechworth Honey retail store in Beechworth, but you can buy it online through their website or find similar vanilla honey in specialty stores like ‘The Essential Ingredient’ or simply use normal honey
Essentially this is a baked cheesecake, but with the vanilla extract and vanilla honey it gives it another dimension of flavour ~ I hope you like it! Sorry I didn’t have my camera when I was making the actual cake, so I can’t show you the step-by-step, but I did take photos of making the biscuit crust ~ hope this will help you Winston (The Hungry Excavator) next time you make a cheesecake ~
Recipe – Vanilla Honey Cheesecake adapted from Delicious Magazine
Ingredients (Makes 20cm cake)
75grams unsalted butter
150 grams caster sugar
350 cream cheese (Philadelphia)
4 tablespoon (20ml) Vanilla Honey
75ml thickened cream
3 eggs, separated
25 grams plain flour
1 vanilla bean, split or 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract/paste
50grams brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
50g flaked almonds
Biscuit Base
250 grams digestive/plain sweet biscuits
125 grams unsalted butter, melted
Method
1) To make the biscuit base, release the base of a 20cm spring form cake pan and invert it. Spray with oil and line base with baking parchment, place it back into the pan and secure it.
My fave digestive biscuits
2) You can either use a food processor to blitz the biscuits until it resembles sand and add 125grams melted butter and blitz again until it resembles wet sand.
OR
3) You can place the biscuits into a Zip Lock bag and use a rolling pin and ‘crush’ or ‘bash’ them
Love doing this bit!
I love doing this by hand, even though I have a food processor, because it gives me so much joy being able to ‘hit’ something lol but the key here is not to do it ‘too hard’ because the bag will just pop and you’ll get biscuits everywhere and lol this may sound really silly but you kind of need to hit with a bit of a rhythm Hope this tip with help anyone who has trouble with this ~
All crushed!
5) When the biscuits is evenly crushed and looks like sand, you can mix the melted butter and combine until it resembles wet sand.
6) Slowly placed spoonfuls of the ‘biscuit mixture’ into the cake tin and pack it into the base firmly and the side of the pan using the back of the spoon. You may want to use a glass to help with the edges and keep an even thickness of crust around the sides. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill, it’s now ready to be used
To make the filling
7) Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan-forced
8) Cream butter and sugar in stand mixer or electric mixer until pale.
9) Add cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of vanilla honey, cream egg yolks and flour when incorporated add vanilla seeds/extract and mix well.
10) In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, then gently fold into cheese mixture. Pour into prepared biscuit base.
11) Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and almonds and sprinkle over cheesecake then bake for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and allow cake to cool inside the oven.
12) To serve, drizzle with extra honey.
Drizzle drizzle 
I obviously drizzled my slice with lots and lots of honey lol my Dad had a slice and said it was ‘really’ sweet so for those who don’t really have a ‘huge’ sweet tooth maybe just drizzle a tiny bit ~
I am SO SO SO happy with this cake It definitely turned out better than I expected and lol the photos turned out better than I expected too and I tried to do a little food styling ~ I’m still a noob so please excuse the ‘amateur’ efforts ~
I hope I didn’t disappoint anyone with this cheesecake and thank you for all the support and lovely comments I received on Instagram and Twitter ~
Tagged: Cakes, Challenge, Cheesecake, Honey, Recipe
Gllad your cheesecake turned out really good looks good too. Like your cakestand.
Thank you Norma
I’m so glad it turned out so well ~ hehe i really like my cake stand too but now I need to get a dome to go with it hehe
I think I had a heart attack looking at the photos – then my I broke my teeth trying to bite through the screen
Are you for real my friend, this looks incredible!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Hahaha you’re too sweet Uru
Thanks and glad you liked the recipe! hope you try it soon!
yay! the suspense was killing me! I have been thinking what flavour it is! hehe it’s SUPER YUMMY! hehe thank you for sharing with us! (: Absolutely loving it! hehe Gonna bookmark the recipe! hehe The hubs is a big fan of cheesecake!
LOL I know it was killing you LIanne hehe but sorry couldn’t help it
I needed to take some decent photos before I could blog about it hehe ~ Ohhh nice you’ve definitely gotta then your Mr will love it 
That’s a great looking cheesecake! Congratulations. I think you underestimate what a great cook you are. I love the drizzle photo. And vanilla is one of my most favourite flavours and Taste.com – another favourite of mine too xx
Oh you’re so sweet Charlie
I don’t underestimate myself! I’m really such an amateur and still trying to learn…I still make so many mistakes and when recipes don’t work hehe I get really upset 
You’ve gotta try this recipe if you like vanilla 
Taste.com is the best! they have so many recipes and so easy to find the recipes you want!
Oh wow!! Vanilla and honey!! Sounds really yummy!
And looks absolutely incredible!
Thanks Kelly
it turned out much better than I expected yay! give it a go when you have the time if you like vanilla and honey!
I’m scared of baking a whole cake because I usually only have one or two slices. Then Frank would have the rest (which is what I’m worried about haha). Maybe I’ll scale it down to ramekin or jar versions.
Thanks for entering this to AlphaBakes. I love cheesecake and honey and vanilla… just love the whole dessert
Really like the sound of vanilla bean honey – yum! I’ll have mine with lots of honey please 
You’re welcome Ros
I love participating every month in the Alphabakes it really gets me thinking of what I should make and it’s so much fun!!! I You’ve gotta try this recipe if you like it and yup lots and lots of honey!
Ah, this is quite different from the other cheesecake recipes I’ve seen because the crust covers the whole thing.
Yeah I was a bit worried at first with the brown sugar topping but it turned out really yummy
lucky me got to taste it!!
I love the topping! Adds a great texture to the smooth mixture. Looks grreat
Thank you Nic
I was so worried when I was sprinkling over the cake…i was like ‘oh gosh what if it turns really ugly’ lol having said that i think it’s because of the sugar topping that’s why my dad said it was quite sweet 
Oh my! What an amazing flavour combination! Oh folding, it’s easy!!
x
Really? But whenever I fold I kinda deflat things
Oooooh! Cheesecake is the only kind of cake I truly love (probably because it’s more cheese than cake
) and this looks wonderful! Well done 
Oh you don’t really like cake Hannah?
I dunno why but i pictured you as a chocolate cake kinda girl hehe 
glad you liked this recipe hehe ~
it was deEEEEEEElicious!!!!!!! me and mr finished it all.. haha you did give us a giant slice.
You’re very welcome Julie
I’m so glad you and Mr liked it! I was worried that it might be too rich and sweet for you hehe I always give people huge slices hehe
Oh my gosh, your cheesecake looks phenomenal Daisy! I love the cheesecake crust. Honey and almonds… totally irresistible!
Thank you Nami
I’m so glad it turned out so well I was really worried at first hehe I really like the topping too might use that more often now that I’ve tried it hehe
I’m so into cheesecake at the moment! And what a great entry to Ros’s event, she’s fantastic as is this cheesecake!
I agree
it’s a great event and I love joining every month ~ thanks Lorraine for liking my cheesecake ~
That looks so delicious!!! I would love to try a slice or two
The topping looks amazing and the food style is great too
10/10
You’re too sweet! I’d love to share with you if you were in melbourne
I’m still trying to learn how to style my food and take better pictures of it 
Hey! I nominated you for a very well deserved Versatile Blogger award!
Check it out here: http://snazzybiscuits.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/raspberry-lemonade/
Well done!
Amy x
Thank you Amy
that’s so sweet of you to nominate me! I’m totally flattered!
Nice looking cheesecake! Well done girl
Thank you Penny
so happy hehe
Oh man.. your cheesecake looks absolutely devine! Love the crusty looking outside. Texture.. mmmmm!
Thanks Tina
hope you try this recipe sometime soon ~
LOVE cheesecake, no matter what kind so this is my kind of cake
The colour you got on the top looks great!
Cheesecake is one of my favourites too
LOVE IT! So glad you liked mine hehe ~ so glad it turned out better than i expected 
Damn girl, this looks impressive! Certainly looks a LOT better than the crappy cheesecakes we get from The Cheesecake Shop whenever someone at work has a birthday!
Thanks Libby
I was freaking out when it was really ‘wobbly’ when it first come out of the oven lol I haven’t gone to The Cheesecake Shop for a while is it really that bad? LOL not gonna go then 
It used to be alright but the one on Queen Street (where we get our cakes from) has gone to shite lately. Dunno why. I usually just get the caramel mudcake when it’s my birthday to be on the safe side
Ohhh I’ve gotta try
Cuz i’d love to have some caramel mudcake hehe ~ i remember last time I went to The Cheesecake Factory, the cheesecake was really ‘rubbery’ if you know what i mean lol
It looks so good! I like all kind och cheese cakes, and one with honey and almonds would be one of my favorites.
Hello Marta
Thank you for dropping by my blog! I just dropped by yours! OMG i love all the food and recipe you share 
Breakfast is one of my favourite meals of the day! Glad you liked my cheesecake too ~
That looks SO indulgent and rich! Perfect with a cup of tea.
The suspense was killing me, thanks for finally putting it up. 
Hahha sorry Jenny to keep you hanging
but I didn’t want to reveal it so soon! LOL do give this recipe a try when you have the time 
it’s actually not as rich as it looks because of the egg white makes it really fluffy hehe
Yum!! Mystery solved! I saw you tease everyone on Instagram
Regardless of what flavour it was, it looks so good.
Hahhaha I couldn’t help it
Because I wanted to blog about it and reveal it then…but then couldn’t help share the photos while I was making it hehe ~
This look great and I bet it is tasty and far better than shop brought ones!
Thank you
I was really glad it turned out better than i expected ~