Cinn-a-Bun Cheesecake

A cheesecake that tastes like a cinnamon bun - how can you go wrong? This is a cool, creamy vanilla cheesecake with a cinnamon crust, a cinnamon-caramel ripple and a streusel-like topping of crunchy cinnamon cookies and cinnamon sugar.

The author suggests using store-bought cookies and caramel/butterscotch sauce. I couldn't find raisin-free cookies so used graham crackers with 2 tsp cinnamon added for the crust and baked cinnamon shortbread cookies for the filling and topping. I also made the caramel sauce......I've included links to the cookie and caramel reviews.

Apart from these few extra components, the cheesecake has standard ingredients and assembly instructions and the usual long baking and chilling times. But next time, it gets baked in a hot water bath to prevent a repeat of the crack in the middle!

The cake tasted fabulous and has already been requested as a birthday cake. The recipe says it serves 10-14 - I would say 20!