Rum And Chocolate Cheesecake Food

HOT BUTTERED RUM CHEESECAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR-RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix crust ingredients. Press firmly in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• While crust is cooling, in large bowl, beat all filling ingredients except eggs with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth. On low speed, beat in eggs until well blended. Pour over crust; smooth top.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until edge is set and center is still soft. Turn off oven; leave oven door open about 4 inches. Leave cheesecake in oven 30 minutes. Remove from oven; cool in pan on cooling rack away from drafts 30 minutes.
• Without releasing or removing side of pan, run metal spatula carefully along side of cheesecake to loosen. Refrigerate uncovered about 3 hours or until chilled. Cover; continue refrigerating at least 9 hours but no longer than 48 hours.
• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, mix sauce ingredients. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
• To serve, run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen again; remove side of pan. Serve with warm sauce. Store cheesecake and sauce covered in refrigerator.

HOT BUTTERED RUM CHEESECAKES WITH RUM-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend ground cookies and both sugars in processor. Add butter and process to blend. Divide cookie mixture among ten 4 1/2-inch-diameter springform pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides (about 1/2 cup packed per pan). Press crust onto bottoms and up sides of pans.
• For filling:
• Position racks in top and bottom thirds of oven; preheat to 325°F. Boil rum in small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 1 minute. Cool.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating on low speed just to blend after each addition, occasionally scraping sides of bowl. Beat in spices, then cream, vanilla, and cooled rum just to blend. Divide filling among prepared crusts (about 1 cup per pan).
• Place cheesecakes on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until tops appear set, puffed, and golden at edges but still move slightly in center when shaken, reversing sheets after 20 minutes, about 40 minutes total. Cool 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare topping:
• Whisk sour cream, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl. Divide topping among hot cheesecakes, about 1/4 cup each, spreading to meet edges of crusts. Bake 10 minutes. Run knife around each cake to loosen crust from pan. Place hot cheesecakes directly in refrigerator.
• Chill uncovered overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled.) Serve with Rum-Caramel Sauce.

CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch Bundt pan. Place chopped nuts in the bottom of the Bundt pan.
• With an electric mixer beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, 1/2 cup of the water, and 1/2 cup of the rum on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan over the top of the chopped nuts.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes.
• To Make Rum Glaze: In a saucepan combine the butter or margarine, sugar, 1/4 cup of the rum, and 1/4 cup of the water. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Pour immediately over still warm cake.

CHOCOLATE RUM & RAISIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Soak raising in rum, set aside.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter: press firmly into springform pan, chill.
• Beat egg yolks and milk, sprinkle in gelatin and shisk. Stir constatny over low heat until gelatin dissolves and mixture thickens, about 5-10 minutes.
• Add coffee and chocolate chips, continue stirring over lowheat until mealted adn smooth. Remove from heat.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, gradually beat in gelatin mixture, raisins adn rum.
• Chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped froma spoon.
• Beat egg whites utnil stiff, but not dry: fold into gelatin mixture. POur into springform pan, chill until set, about 2-3 hours. When set, decorate with choclater curls and sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH DARK RUM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. For the crust, grind the chocolate cookies and hazelnut with the sugar into a coarse crumb. Add the melted butter and combine. Press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes until set and place on a rack to cool. Once the crust is cool, wrap the outside of the pan in a double layer of aluminum foil to seal it. To make the water bath for baking the cake, place the spring form pan in a roasting pan and fill the roasting pan with water until it reaches half way up the side of the spring form pan. For the Espresso Chocolate Cream, heat 1/2 cup cream and add cocoa, espresso and salt. Whisk until smooth, let cool and add remaining cream and rum. Beat the cream cheese in an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Add sugar and beat well. Mix in melted chocolate and, once incorporated, add espresso cream mixture. Mix thoroughly, making sure there are no clumps. Add eggs 1 at a time. Pour mixture into crust resting in the water bath. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes and then turn off oven and leave cake in for another hour. Cool and chill, at least overnight.;

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• To make the biscuit base, crush the digestive biscuits with a rolling pin or blitz in a food processor, then tip into a bowl with the sugar and butter and stir to combine. Butter and line an 18cm springform tin and tip in the biscuit mixture, pushing it down with the back of a spoon. Chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
• To make the cheesecake, melt the chocolate in short bursts in the microwave, then leave to cool slightly. Whip the cream in a large bowl using an electric whisk until soft peaks form, then fold in the cocoa powder. Beat the cream cheese and sugar together, then fold in the cream mixture and the cooled chocolate.
• Spoon the cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base, levelling it out with the back of a spoon. Transfer to the freezer and freeze for 2 hrs, or until set. Remove from the tin and leave at room temperature to soften for about 20 mins before serving.

RUM AND RAISIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter in small saucepan, mix in crumbs and sugar and stir to blend. Press into 9" springform pan: chill. Pour water over raisins and leave to stand.
• Break up cheese into your electric mixing bowl and add sugar. Mix till as smooth as possible scraping down sides of bowl. Add 1 cup of whipping cream, rum essence, vanilla and salt. Beat till smooth. Beat in eggs and yolk, one at a time until well combined. Drain raisins and FOLD into mixture.
• Pour mixture into prepared base and bake at 325°F for 45 - 50 minutes, or till just set. Allow to cool completely in oven with door ajar. This may take anywhere from 2 - 3 hours.
• Once cooled, loosen cake from sides of pan by using a knife around inside edge. Place cake on serving plate and refrigerate till cold.
• Whisk together the 3/4 cup of whipping cream with 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp of rum essence. Slice cheesecake and serve with a dollop of the cream on top.