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, flour 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. Topping: Mix together sour cream, grated orange rind and honey.
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.