Baileys Irish Cheesecake Recipes

BAILEYS IRISH CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• STEP ONE Trim the top off the sponge and put it into a clean 20cm cake tin. STEP TWO Beat the mascarpone, cream cheese, sugar and Baileys with an electric or balloon whisk until smooth. Spread over the cake and chill for at least 2 hours. Spend at least some of this time licking the spoon. STEP THREE Whip the cream, dollop on top of the cake, and then spread it around. STEP FOUR Drizzle over the caramel sauce, then decorate with pretzels and popcorn (remember, there's no such thing as 'too much'). STEP FIVE Grab your spoons and everybody dig in!

BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• -- Crust --.
• Heat oven to 350°F Finely grind graham crackers in food processor adding butter till combined. Press into bottom of 9" springform pan. Bake until golden, about 8 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
• -- Filling --.
• With blender mix cream cheese (should be at room temperature) and sugar till smooth. Beat in flour. Add eggs one at a time beating till just combined. Mix in rest of ingredients.
• Pour into crust and bake 10 minutes at 350F then reduce temp to 250°F Bake until set, about 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Run sharp knife around edge of pan to loosen.
• -- Glaze --.
• Simmer cream in heavy medium size sauce pan. Reduce heat to low and add chopped chocolate stirring till melted. Let cool to luke warm.
• Release pan from sides of cake, remove and place cake on wire rack. Place aluminum foil or wax paper under rack to catch drippings. Pour glaze over cheesecake allowing excess to run over sides. With the back of spoon swirl the chocolate from center outwards to coat entire cake. Let cheesecake cool completely, dust with confectioners sugar for effect.