White Chocolate Lavender Cheesecake from Monica Verploeg dishes as eaten around the world Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe. Best Misc dessert 2010 recipe.

Ingredients 

Crust

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup melted butter

3 T sugar

1 1/2 lbs cream cheese, softened

4 eggs

1 1/2 t dried lavender

1 T grated orange peel

3/4 cup sugar

1 t vanilla

2 T orange liqueur

4 oz white chocolate melted

Glaze

1/4 c heavy cream

Garnish: edible flowers, lavender or white chocolate curls

Method

Preheat oven to 350 

For crust and combine all ingredients into small bowl. Mix with fork and press into 9 in springform pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool

completely. 

Reduce oven temperature to 300.

Filling

Beat cream cheese with sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in melted chocolate. Vanilla, lavender, orange peel and liquor. Spoon into crust. 

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 20 minutes cool completely. 

Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Garnish with edible flowers or lavender.