Easy Kahlua Cuppuccino Torte Food

KAHLUA CAPPUCCINOS

Steps:

• You'll need two 8- to 10-ounce flared glasses.
• Slightly soften ice cream.
• Spoon ice cream into a blender.
• Add milk and Kahlua; blend until smooth.
• Pour into glasses and top with a dollop of whipped light cream and a few candies.
• Note: To decorate glasses, melt semisweet chocolate chips, then scrape them into a ziptop freezer bag.
• Snip off corner of bag and drizzle chocolate onto inside of glasses.
• Put glasses in the freezer for a minute or two to set chocolate.

EASY KAHLUA CUPPUCCINO TORTE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Fit an 8-in square baking pan bottom with wax paper.
• Grease the sides and the paper of baking pan.
• Melt the butter.
• Add expresso powder and sugar into the melted butter; stir well until dissolved.
• Add the chocolate chips to the hot butter/expresso mixture; stir until chocolate is melted.
• Beat in the 8 eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in Kahlua.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Place the pan into a larger baking pan, and fill the larger pan halfway to top of water (making a water bath).
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Chill at least 8 hours before serving onto a serving platter.
• Note: serve with pureed strawberries or raspberries or your favorite berry.

HOMEMADE KAHLUA !!

Steps:

• Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar and water in a small sauce pan. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from the heat. Stir in the coffee. Allow to cool completely.
• Pour into a large plastic container with a lid. Add the vodka, vanilla flavoring and vanilla bean.
• Cover and let stand for two to three weeks or until fully aged. Kahlua, when properly stored, can last safely for up to a few years.

CAPPUCCINO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix crackers, butter and 1/4 cup sugar in medium bowl; press onto bottom (not sides) of a 9-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch high sides.
• Bake crust 10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• Combine cream, espresso powder or coffee and vanilla in small bowl; set aside.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until smooth.
• Gradually beat in remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar, then eggs 1 at a time.
• Beat in flour.
• Stir espresso mixture until power dissolves, beat into cream cheese mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter over crust.
• Bake cake until edges are puffed and beginning to crack and center is just set, about 1 hour 5 minutes.
• Cool on rack for 30 minutes; chill, uncovered for 6 hours.
• Cut around cake to loosen.
• Release pan sides.
• Top with chocolate curls, if desired.

NO BAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP KAHLUA TORTE

Steps:

• Combine kahlua & milk.
• Prepare Dream Whip according to directions on package. (For real decadence you can substitute an equal amount of whipped cream).
• Using a springform pan, 1 at a time quickly dunk chocolate chip cookie into kahlua & milk & line springform all around perimeter with dipped cookies, then line bottom of springform with dipped cookies, filling in gaps on bottom as much as possible with broken dipped cookies.
• Layer whipped cream on top of cookies, cover whipped cream with another layer of kahula & milk cookies, then more cream, another layer of cookies & final layer of cream.
• Allow 6 hours to set up & shave chocolate over torte before serving.