Cinnamon Cheesecake

This is a mashup of 3 different recipes :). The base was inspired by https://littlecook.io/recipe/Honey-Yogurt-Cheesecake, the filling by  https://mydinner.co.uk/german-cheesecake/#recipe, and the flavourings by https://cooktopcove.com/2024/08/24/as-soon-as-i-saw-this-recipe-i-knew-i-needed-to-make-it-it-was-a-real-treat/

Ingredients - to make about 10 portions in my 17 cm diameter, deep, loose bottomed tin

For the base

7 gingersnap biscuits

60g crushed walnuts

60g butter

For the filling

3-4 medium eggs at room temperature

140 g whipping cream 

500g Quark

125g cream cheese 

125g Greek yoghurt 

(You can use all quark or no quark and just 50% cream cheese and 50% yoghurt.  I did it this way because I had a 500g pot of quark)

140 g granulated sugar

30 g corn flour / corn starch

1.5 tsp vanilla extract

Zest of one orange

Flavouring and topping: 

1/2 cup panela mixed with 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Honey

1/2 cup powdered sugar + 1 tablespoon milk

Method

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Mix the biscuits and nuts in mini-processor then add melted butter.  Press into the bottom of the tin and bake for 10 mins until crisp.  Let cool.

Grease the sides of the tin with butter and dust with flour, this will make it easier to remove the cake from the form later. 

To 

make the filling

Beat the eggs in a big bowl, and whip the cream in a small bowl.

To the big bowl add all the other ingredients and mix together, then fold thru the cream.

Pour half the mixture into the tin, then sprinkle on top half the cinnamon sugar + 1tbs honey, then put the other half of the mixture into the tin + top with same.

Bake 30 mins at 160C, then remove from the oven and with a sharp knife make a round incision about 1 cm from the edge. This will prevent your cake from cracking in the middle.

Bake for another 30 minutes or so, until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.  Leave to cool in the switched off oven, rack pulled out, door ajar.

When the cake has cooled, pour over the topping and put in the fridge to set.