Music from Nick Lowe and Honey Hobo Cheesecake

Two fantastic new discoveries made within the last 24 hours that I couldn't wait to blog about!  
1. Thanks to my semi-professional music discoverer, I have been introduced to Nick Lowe.
2. Through my endless roaming of food blogs, I found a fantastic recipe which I've adapted into my own "Honey Hobo Cheesecake" or "Single Lady Honey-Yogurt Cheesecake" pick the name you prefer.


Nick Lowe's The Old Magic                                                                        2343243543 Creme Eggs
iQue guay!  It's a bit difficult to classify because Lowe seems to have had a very wide array of influences, but you can definitely hear pieces of his former father-in-law Johnny Cash.  Personal, a bit rusty/retro.  Lots of fun guitar, piano, and trumpets to a great tempo.  Maybe one could call it British Rockabilly?  Whatever it's name, it is well worth a listen.  Pronto.
G'head: http://nicklowe.com/

Honey Hobo Cheesecake, or Single Lady Honey-Yogurt Cheesecake (4-6 servings)
I've mentioned in previous posts that I have no oven but a crazy love of sweets.  However, I've never directly said that I have no cake pan, and that I live alone; so what treats I do make are in small air-tight containers.  Life is sometimes sad.
But hobo cheesecake is not.

I got a little too impatient to wait for it to set all the way...

Crust:

1 Tbsp. raw sugar

2 Tbsp. butter, melted

1/4 c. crushed fiber cereal flakes

1/4 c. crushed quick oats

1/4 c. crushed digestive biscuits

(Because I wanted a kind of earthier flavor and heartier crunch, I mixed my crust ingredients.  I squashed the cereal, then the oats, and finally the biscuits a few at a time until I got the amount of crumbs I wanted in my measuring cup.  You could easily substitute a bunch of graham crackers or cinnamon-flavored cereal and use the same plastic-bag crush method.)

Filling:

8 oz. light cream cheese, extra water drained, softened

1/4 c. raw sugar

Dash of caramel liquid or vanilla extract (vanilla is super hard to find in rural Spain!)

Dash of ground cinnamon

3/4 c. natural skim yogurt, extra water drained

3 Tbsp. honey

Directions: 

Open up a corner of the yogurt cups and flip them upside down to let them drain, and place them off to the side.  Getting rid of the liquid really helps it set up later. 

Mix the crushed oats, biscuits, and cereal with the sugar.  Mix in the melted butter.  Transfer the mixture to the final container, and press firmly along the bottom, and if desired, up the sides. Put it off in the fridge.

Mix the cream cheese, sugar, caramel liquid, and cinnamon together until well incorporated.  Measure the yogurt, and add the honey to the measuring cup on top.  (This makes clean up a lot easier!)  Mix into the rest of the cream cheese mixture.  Give it a taste and see if a little more cinnamon or caramel is needed. When you're satisfied, get the crust, pour the mixture over the top, and put it all in the fridge for a several hours to firm up--or the freezer to speed up the process.  
I sprinkled some cinnamon and drizzled a little caramel over the top for serving.
*Make this in the morning the day of, or on the night before you hope to enjoy it!*

Unpretentious, single dish, hobo-style.

Sort of the ugly duckling of the cheesecake world.