"May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks, may your heart be as light as a song, may each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all the year long."
~ Shamrock
( Oxalis regnellii)
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BAILEYS IRISH CREAM CHEESECAKE
~ Favorite St. Patrick's Day treat adapted from tattered Bon Appetit (1989)
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Crust:
2 cups crushed
Oreo cookies
1/4 cup sugar
6 Tbsp. melted unsalted butter
Filling:
2 1/4 lbs. room temperature cream cheese
1 2/3 cup sugar
5 room temperature organic eggs
1 cup Baileys Original Irish Cream
1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Coffee Cream:
1 cup chilled whipping cream
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. instant coffee powder
Chocolate curls
- For crust: Preheat oven to 325-degrees. Coat 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray. Combine crumbs and sugar. Stir in melted butter. Press mixture into bottom and 1-inch up sides of pan. Bake until light brown, about 7 minutes.
- For filling: Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually mix in sugar. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Blend in Baileys and vanilla. Sprinkle half of chocolate chips over crust. Spoon in filling. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake cheesecake until puffed, springy in center and golden brown, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool cake completely.
- For cream: Beat cream, sugar and coffee powder until still peaks form. Spread mixture over cooled cake.
- Garnish cheesecake with chocolate curls. Cut into thin slices to serve. (8 servings)
Comments
Bailey´s is like drinking candy, so I just have to try this cheesecake!
Take care!
Karin, in Sweden
Did anyone ever tell you that your blog is tasty? All the time, right?
Hope you had a restful weekend at the lake house! ~Hope you kept warm too! :)
Hug's
Cat
Carol :-)
/Katarina at Roses and stuff
You are a dear Cat, thanks for asking. Indeed, we did (only too short, always sigh leaving).
Indulge, Carol ... even a small piece is satisfying (though a big one is even better) ;)
Thank you Katarina ... for the kind words and your help (see I did it! I'm such a wimp regarding computer skills)
Thanks Ki ... that shamrock is as old as the hills. I have 2 red ones even older, both vaction outside in summer and inside in winter. (I don't want to discuss the clover running rampant in my garden);)