Orange Blossom Cheesecake

Ingredients

Cheesecake

• 1 pound cream cheese (at room temperature)
• 1/2 cup orange blossom honey
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1 /2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
• 2 tablespoons orange rind, grated
• 9 inch springform pan with pre-baked Graham cracker crust in bottom

Topping

• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 3 tablespoons honey

Instructions

Cheesecake

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
2. Add, beating in, the honey, orange juice and vanilla extract.
3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended.
4. Whisk or fold in the lemon rind and orange rind.
5. Pour into prepared 9 inch springform pan.
6. Bake at 225 degrees F for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 200 degrees F and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
7. Meanwhile, prepare Topping.

Topping

1. Mix all ingredients.
2. Remove cheesecake from the oven and spread the topping over hot cheesecake.
3. Return to oven, raise temperature to 400 degrees F and bake 5 more minutes ONLY.