"I usually love Paula's recipes, but I was very disappointed with this one. The instructions for the praline topping is not very helpful. The cheesecake itself was delicious. I did mine in the water bath, which she should have added to the instructions. I did the praline topping but was unsure what exactly classifies as "thick" to her. I wish she would have put an approximate time frame or put what temperature it is supposed to reach. I cooked it until we thought it was "thick." It hardened very quickly, and the praline topping was so hard that we could not even cut the cake, much less eat it. We even beat it with the knife and it still would not crack. I had to turn the cheesecake upside down just so we could cut the cheesecake. I never usually have problems like this when baking, so I was obviously disappointed. I wouldn't make this one again.