Melopita (Greek Honey Cheesecake)

Hmmm...I'm not such a big fan of this cake in all honestly. It makes for a pretty cake but taste-wise, it's not my favorite.

You can find the recipe here: http://cookmegreek.blogspot.gr/2012/12/melopita-honey-pie-from-sifnos-island.html

For the glaze on top, I mixed 2 Tbsp honey and 1 Tbsp lemon juice together.

Can you tell I've been baking with a lot of honey lately...

Medovik (Russian Honey Cake)

This cake requires some time and effort to make but it is definitely worth your time. You can find the recipe here: http://www.grabandgorecipes.com/cake-rijik/

For the topping, I sprinkled some cocoa powder and crushed cookie (I just rolled out the remaining dough, baked, and crushed it). 

After you let the cake sit in the refrigerator for some time, the cookie layers get soft and has a cake-like consistency, but still kind of maintains a cookie-like texture. Does that make sense? 

Well, try it out and you'll see what I mean. 

Look how beautiful the cake is when you cut into it:

I'll definitely double the recipe and make more layers next time. 

Honey Mini-Cheesecakes

So here comes the affluence of posts since I put off blogging until now.

Let's start out with honey mini-cheesecakes. I didn't have any graham crackers available to make a crust and I wanted to try something other than the walnut crust I made last time for these apple rose tarts:

I found an oatmeal crust as I browsed cheesecake recipes and here's my variation:

Honey Mini-Cheesecakes: 

Oatmeal crust:

1/2 cup butter (softened)
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup oatmeal (I used instant but old-fashioned should work as well)

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine all the ingredients and press into the bottoms of a cupcake pan. (Or if you want to make cleaning and taking out the cheesecakes easier, use cupcake liners.)
3. Bake for 12 minutes.

Filling: 

8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 egg
2 Tbsp whole milk
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Keep oven at 350°F.
2. Beat the ingredients together until combined and pour onto the crusts.
3. Bake for 25 minutes.
4. Let cool.

Cinnamon Honey Glaze: 

1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp honey
Walnuts (I used a small handful because I only wanted a few to garnish the cheesecakes but you can use as many as you like)

1. In a small pan, heat the cinnamon and honey until warm.
2. Place the walnuts in the glaze and toss to coat.
3. Garnish each cheesecake with a few walnuts and glaze.

The finished product: