Italian Tiramisu Cheesecake Food

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a pan of water on the bottom of the oven.
• Crush the package of ladyfingers to fine crumbs. Mix the melted butter into the crumbs. Moisten with 2 tablespoons of the coffee liqueur. Press into an 8-inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, mascarpone, and sugar until very smooth. Add 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur, and mix. Add the eggs and the flour; mix slowly just until smooth. Pour batter over crust in the springform pan.
• Place pan on middle rack of oven. Bake until just set, 40 to 45 minutes. Open oven door, and turn off the heat. Leave cake to cool in oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and let it finish cooling, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight.
• Grate semisweet chocolate over the top right before serving.

NO BAKE TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Mix together the cookie crumbs and melted butter and press down in a lightly buttered 7.5 - 8 inch (19 -20 cm) springform pan, place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile in a large bowl beat together the cream cheese and mascarpone until light and fluffy, add the sugar and vanilla beat to combine.
• Beat the cold whipping / whole cream until soft peaks appear, then add the cream cheese mixture and beat just until combined.
• In a small pot mix the gelatine and 1/4 cup (55 grams) of whipping cream, let sit for 5 minutes. Then heat and stir just until the gelatine dissolves, do not boil. Add a tablespoon of the tiramisu filling and stir to combine. Then add to the bowl of tiramisu filling, beat just to combine.
• Remove the base from the fridge, spread 1/3 of the tiramisu filling over the crumbs and top with the lady fingers soaked in coffee*, top with another third of the filling, make a decorative topping on top with the remaining filling. Refrigerate for 12 hours or over night, sprinkle with unsweetened cocoa before serving**. Enjoy!

CREAMY TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Brush bottom of a 9-in. springform pan with butter; sprinkle evenly with cracker crumbs. Securely wrap a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square) under and around pan. , Dissolve coffee granules in hot water; cool and set aside. Combine brewed coffee and rum extract; brush over flat sides of split ladyfingers. Arrange ladyfingers, rounded sides out, along sides of prepared pan., Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in cream, sour cream, vanilla and reserved dissolved coffee. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into prepared pan. Place springform pan in a larger baking pan; add 1 in. hot water to larger pan., Bake until center is just set and top appears dull, 70-80 minutes. Remove springform pan from water bath; remove foil. Cool cheesecake on a wire rack 10 minutes; loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight, covering when completely cooled., Remove rim from pan. Just before serving, dust cheesecake with cocoa.

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line 30 cupcake tins with paper baking cups. Place one vanilla wafer in the bottom of each cup.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until well blended, scraping frequently. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition, just until blended.
• In a small bowl, dissolve 3 t. coffee granules in 1 Tbspp hot water. Remove 3 1/2 cups of cheesecake batter; place in medium bowl. Stir in dissolved coffee.
• In a small bowl, dissolve remaining 2 tsp coffee granules in remaining 2 Tbsp hot water.
• Lightly brush each vanilla wafer, just enough to moisten the entire cookie.
• Evenly divide coffee-flavored batter over wafers. Repeat wafer layering and brushing of coffee mixture (step 5).
• Evenly divide remaining plain batter over wafers. Bake 25-30 minutes, until edges are slightly puffed.
• Cool to room temperature. Spoon or pipe Cool Whip over each cheesecake. Dust each cheesecake with cocoa powder. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• Store cheesecake in refrigerator.

TRADITIONAL ITALIAN TIRAMISU

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine the mascarpone cheese, Frangelico liquor and sugar.
• In a separate bowl whip the whipping cream till soft peaks form.
• Gently fold mascarpone mixture into the whip cream.
• In an 8x8-inch glass serving dish layer 1/2 the ladyfingers tightly on the bottom.
• Drizzle 1/2 the espresso over the ladyfingers, trying to saturate them evenly.
• Spread 1/2 of the mascarpone mixture on top of the ladyfingers.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the shaved chocolate over the top.
• Layer remaining ladyfingers on top of the shaved chocolate. Again, you are looking to get a nice tight layer.
• Drizzle the remaining espresso over the ladyfingers.
• Spread the rest of the mascarpone mixture on top of the ladyfingers. You can either spread it nice and smooth with a spatula OR spread the mixture and create soft peaks for texture and appearance.
• Sprinkle the remaining shaved chocolate on top.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight for best results (at least 8 hours).
• Enjoy!

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place a pan or baking dish filled with about an inch of water on the bottom of oven rack.
• Using a food processor or blender, process the package of ladyfingers to fine crumbs.
• In a small bowl, melt the butter, add 2 T. of the coffee flavored liqueur or espresso and add the crumbs. Mix to moisten the crumbs. Press the crumb mixture into an 8 or 9 inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, and sugar until very smooth. Add 2 tablespoons coffee flavored liqueur or espresso, and mix. Add the eggs and the flour and mix on slow speed until just smooth. The consistency of the mascarpone can vary sometimes making your batter to thick -- if this is the case add about a teaspoon to a tablespoon of cream. Pour batter into crust and place on the middle rack of the oven.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 to 60 minutes, or until just set.
• Let cool by opening the oven door with the heat off for about 20 minutes. Let the cake continue to cool and then refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight, before serving.
• Enjoy with shaved chocolate or cocoa powder on top, it also helps to cover the mistake if the top cracks during baking :).

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Line the base of a 23cm springform cake tin with baking parchment. Crush the biscuits as finely as possible in a food bag using a rolling pin, or in a food processor, and mix with the melted butter. Tip into the tin, pressing down to flatten and set aside in the fridge.
• For the chocolate layer, tip the chocolate, cream and Tia Maria into a bowl and melt over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, quickly stir together and pour over the biscuit base, then chill in the fridge for at least 3 hrs, or until set.
• When the chocolate layer is set, beat the cream cheese, double cream, vanilla, orange and sugar together, then spread and swirl the mix evenly over the chocolate layer. Put the cake back in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight. Can be made up to two days in advance and kept covered in the fridge.
• To serve, remove from the fridge, sieve over the cocoa powder and sprinkle over the crushed coffee beans. Run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake and release from the tin and serve. For a neater finish, blowtorch the outside of the tin to release the sides.

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Layer half of the wafers in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, dissolve 2 teaspoons coffee granules in 2 tablespoons hot water; brush 1 tablespoon mixture over wafers. Set remaining mixture aside., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in sour cream. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until blended. Remove half of the filling to another bowl. Dissolve the remaining 3 teaspoons coffee granules in the remaining 1 tablespoon hot water; stir into 1 portion of filling. Spread over wafers., Layer remaining wafers over top; brush with reserved coffee mixture. Spread with remaining filling., Bake 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from dish with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight, covering when completely cooled., To serve, spread with whipped topping. Dust with cocoa.

TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make the crust first. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter an 8-inch springform pan.
• Stir butter and espresso powder in small bowl until combined.
• Stir in crumbs until crumbs are evenly moistened.
• Pat evenly over bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake 10 minutes, cool on wire rack. Keep oven on.
• Tightly cover outside bottom and sides of springform pan with heavy-duty foil.
• Make the filling. Beat cream cheese and mascarpone in large mixer bowl at medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
• Scrape sides with rubber spatula and continue mixing until completely smooth (about 3 minutes).
• Reduce speed to medium and beat in sugar, vanilla and salt.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Pour 4 cups of filling over crust in prepared pan, and place in large roasting pan.
• Dissolve espresso in hot water. Fold into remaining filling with brandy and grated chocolate.
• Spoon mixture evenly over filling in pan; smooth top with spatula.
• Place pan on oven rack. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1-inch up side of springform pan.
• Bake 1-1/4 hours or until center is just set.
• Remove cheesecake from water bath.
• Cool completely on wire rack. Remove foil, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Just before serving, run knife around edge of pan and remove sides.
• Sprinkle Unsweetened Chocolate over top of cheesecake. (I use a sifter to do this).