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Daring Bakers, April 2009 – Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake

Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.

Funny, last year in April we made a cheesecake also :) Abby’s recipe is more to my taste though. I omitted lemon juice and added some of my homemade egg liqueur. For the topping, I used a jar of walnuts in honey that I got from dear Pino last weekend, when I went to Koprivnica on Coolinarika official meet up. I had a great time and met my girls in person :)

Walnuts in Honey

My star ingredient – Walnuts in honey by Pino,
also known as Sex Salad
in Serbia ;)

Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake
(recipe scaled to fit my 18 cm diameter spring form pan)

For the crust: 100 g whole grain cookies of your choice (I used Bambi Wellness with dried figs), 70 g melted butter, 1 Tbsp brown sugar

Grind cookies in a blender. Mix together the crust ingredients and press onto the bottom of a 18 cm diameter spring form pan. Set crust aside.

Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake

For the cheesecake: 500 g cream cheese at room temperature, 140 g sugar, 2 large eggs, 160 ml heavy cream, innards of 1 vanilla bean, 2 Tbsp egg liqueur

Combine cream cheese and sugar in the bowl and cream together until smooth with a mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Make sure to scrape down the bowl in between each egg. Add heavy cream, vanilla and liqueur and blend until smooth and creamy.

Pour batter over the crust and tap the pan on the counter a few times to bring all air bubbles to the surface.

Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake

My notes: As I new water would definitely seep through my spring form pan I placed it on a oven rack wire, filled deep oven pan with boiling water and placed it just bellow to act as a water bath.

Bake for about an hour in a preheated oven on 180°C, until it is almost done – this can be hard to judge, but you’re looking for the cake to hold together, but still have a lot of jiggle to it in the center. You don’t want it to be completely firm at this stage. Close the oven door, turn the heat off, and let rest in the cooling oven for one hour. This lets the cake finish cooking and cool down gently enough so that it won’t crack on the top. After one hour, remove cheesecake from oven. Let it finish cooling on the counter, and then cover and put in the fridge to chill. Once fully chilled, it is ready to serve. I suggest leaving it in the fridge overnight.

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44 Comments

  • anna April 28, 2009 7:07 am

    That looks really good! I love nuts and honey. I might have to try this cheesecake again with honey!

  • Ramya Kiran April 28, 2009 7:19 am

    Oh my.. Your cheesecake looks scrumptious. Wish i could have a slice.

  • Junglefrog April 28, 2009 7:33 am

    This looks absolutely beautiful!!

  • Heather April 28, 2009 7:40 am

    Beautiful job, your walnuts look delicious and a perfect addition to a yummy cheesecake.

  • Rosa’s Yummy Yums April 28, 2009 7:41 am

    Wow, that looks heavenly! I love that topping!Cheers,Rosa

  • maslinka April 28, 2009 7:45 am

    Čoveče kako ovo fenomenalno izgleda :)

  • Gaga April 28, 2009 7:47 am

    dobaci jedno parčence :))))))))))

  • Sweet Corner April 28, 2009 8:00 am

    savrseno!

  • vrtaljica April 28, 2009 8:58 am

    Prekrasno! Mogu samo zamisliti kako je i ukusno!

  • Jill of Jillicious Desserts April 28, 2009 8:59 am

    Your cheesecake looks amazing and so yummy!

  • fairy_mi April 28, 2009 9:42 am

    Hi Palachinka!Just had to say your cheesecake looks spectacular!I really like the result,and your blog looks great, i’m going to dig in :)Nice to meet you, Inbal(a new daring baker)

  • Dragana April 28, 2009 9:46 am

    Bas divno izgleda! Verujem da je i ukusan. Recept za liker je kao za ‘Eggnog’.

  • Engineer Baker April 28, 2009 10:06 am

    Walnuts in honey sound fantastic. This one was more to my taste as well, and yours looks amazing!

  • Anonymous April 28, 2009 10:41 am

    Kako je samo panasta krema, odusecljena sam, iako tesko da tebi nesto ne polazi za rukom, pretpostavljam, da je ovaj specijalitet iz tegle, za Mateju…:)Steta sto nisam isla, izostavila sam dragocen poklon…:)…Vanylica….

  • Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella April 28, 2009 11:04 am

    Those walnuts look amazing as does your whole cheesecake Marija! I often see your creations on foodgawker and just drool at them and your photography! :)

  • mikkey April 28, 2009 11:24 am

    Amazing cheesecake!

  • vibi April 28, 2009 11:39 am

    LOL LOL lol lol ahem… Servian sex salad? LOL (still rolling on the floor!)Your cheesacake was worht the wait! (yes, I did stare at my screen for a long time yesterday in the hopes to see it! LOL)Very nice take on the challenge, Bravo!…now, gotta make that sex salad!

  • Diana April 28, 2009 11:50 am

    Thanks for stopping by! Your cheesecake looks so delicious. I haven’t heard of walnuts in honey and it sounds amazing.

  • Andrea April 28, 2009 12:57 pm

    Više ne znam kako bi opisivala tvoje fotografije, naprosto me oduševljavaš! Ovo izgleda božanstveno. :)P.S.Ono obećano je na putu, samo da naše pošte sad ne zakažu! ;)

  • the cookie shop April 28, 2009 1:49 pm

    OMG, this cheesecake… No words, seriously. And the walnuts… I’m a fan of your blog.

  • Y April 28, 2009 3:03 pm

    The walnuts in honey sound like a great addition! Beautiful cheesecake too :)

  • toontz April 28, 2009 5:23 pm

    Oh, that looks and sounds divine…walnuts in honey…definitely sexy.

  • Elra April 28, 2009 6:41 pm

    Marija, how original. I like the walnut topping, it nice to add some crunch to the smooth cheesecake.Cheers,elra

  • Big Boys Oven April 28, 2009 10:01 pm

    you had now created a lovely Abbey’s famous cheesecake! :) just gorgeous!

  • MeetaK April 29, 2009 12:09 am

    Marija this is lovely, i have a jar with pistachios in honey! lovely idea for the cheesecake!

  • SweetSensation April 29, 2009 3:25 am

    cheesecake izgleda fantastično! recept mi se jako sviđa, a dodatak oraha je odlična ideja :)

  • Nikki April 29, 2009 4:37 am

    homygosh! this looks scrumptious!! Sex salad? I should try that hehee

  • Ivana April 29, 2009 6:17 am

    guauu! looks delicious!!

  • farida April 29, 2009 9:49 am

    Marija, you did a great job. I love your idea to use honey-walnut as a topping. Yum!

  • Joy April 29, 2009 1:50 pm

    Really love the simplicity of the flavors here. This is one of those–“why didn’t I think of that?” recipes for me. I’d love to make this sometime, but probably with pecan because it seems that those I know aren’t that fond of walnuts. Great job with the cheesecake and awesome photos!

  • minisuperbias April 29, 2009 1:56 pm

    mmm, looks tastey! is egg liqueur like what americans call eggnog? looks similar…

  • Marija April 29, 2009 2:35 pm

    @minisuperbias – I have never had a chance to taste eggnog, but those who did, say they taste pretty much the same.

  • peasepudding April 29, 2009 3:00 pm

    I love the combination of walnuts and honey, it looks devine too!

  • Chantal April 29, 2009 3:46 pm

    that looks great!

  • Jenny April 29, 2009 6:33 pm

    Yum, the nuts in honey seem like the perfect topper to this cheesecake. Thanks for being a part of this month’s challenge!Jenny of JennyBakes

  • zurin April 30, 2009 3:42 am

    What beautiful fotos Marija n the cheesecake looks sooo good! Thanks for the tip about the water bath .I always have the same problem bout water seeping thru even tho I cover the bottom of pan wth foil.this cake looks worth a try.

  • gine April 30, 2009 7:18 am

    walnuts & honey … mmm .. sounds like heaven :-)!

  • Clumbsy Cookie April 30, 2009 3:10 pm

    I love the sex salad, ahahah! I would love to eat your cheesecake, I really enjoy nuts and honey together!

  • lisamichele April 30, 2009 11:43 pm

    Homemade egg liquor and nuts and honey? You really took this challenge to a new level! It’s beautiful, and would be really good with a scoop of that gorgeous looking chestnut-honey ice cream above! Excuse me while I drool!

  • Michelle May 1, 2009 5:12 am

    Awww, I left DB a while back because of too many commitments but now I regret it. That is one sexy cheesecake you have there.

  • Memória May 1, 2009 9:56 pm

    Wow! This is too beautiful and scrumptious for words.

  • Kevin May 8, 2009 3:54 am

    That cheesecake looks really good! Nice use of those walnuts in honey. I picked up some pistachios in honey when I was on vacation in Greece and I was wondering what I could do with them. A cheesecake topping sounds perfect.

  • Christina May 12, 2009 6:50 am

    Walnuts and honey sound so good with cheesecake!

  • Alison May 21, 2009 10:48 am

    gorgeous pictures of the cheesecake! I love walnuts in honey!

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