White Chocolate And Baileys Cheesecake Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND BAILEYS CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. base line a 23cm springform cake tin with baking parchment.
• Whizz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor, trickle the melted butter in and whizz again. spread evenly over the base of the cake tin and press down firmly. bake for 10 minutes then cool.
• Melt half the white chocolate in a bowl set over simmering water or in the microwave. cool. using a food mixer or electric whisk, beat the cream cheese until smooth, then beat in the crème fraîche, caster sugar and vanilla seeds. beat in the eggs bit by bit until you have a glossy mixture. fold in the melted chocolate and the rest of the chopped chocolate and stir in the baileys. pile everything into the tin and smooth.
• Put a tin or dish of water on the base of the oven to create steam and put the cheesecake on the middle shelf. cook for 50 minutes to 1 hour, the cake should wobble a little when moved but will look puffy and set. turn the oven off, open the door a tiny bit and leave the cake to cool completely (this minimises cracking). chill for at least 4 hours before serving. decorate with chocolate shards or shavings.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND BAILEY'S CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a round 22-24 cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
• To make the base, finely crush the shortbread biscuits until they resemble fine breadcrumbs. (This is best done in a food processor).
• Mix in the ground almonds, ginger and melted butter.
• Press into the prepared tin and put in the fridge.
• Using an electric beater beat the cream cheese, sugar and cornflour.
• Add in the eggs, cream and Bailey's and beat until you have a smooth, creamy consistency.
• Stir in the white chocolate.
• Remove the base from the fridge and pour the cheesecake mixture into it.
• Place the prepared tin into large roasting dish that is filled with 1-2 cm of hot water.
• Cook in the oven for 45 minutes until the top is lightly golden and the filling is just set.
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool before taking out of the tin.
• Cut into slices and serve.

BAILEY'S CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust: Preheat oven to 325°F; coat a 9-inch spring form pan with cooking spray.
• Combine crumbs and sugar in bowl. Stir in butter. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up the sides of the springform pan.
• Bake until light brown, approx 7 minutes.
• Filling: Beat cream cheese until smooth with electric mixer.
• Gradually add sugar, then eggs one at a time.
• Add Bailey's and vanilla. make sure well mixed.
• Sprinkle half of the chocolate chips over crust. Spoon in filling. Sprinkle the rest of the chocolate chips on the top.
• Bake approx 1 hour & 20 minutes or until cake is puffed and springy in the centre and golden brown.
• Cool in fridge.
• For Cream: Beat cream, sugar and coffee powder until peaks form. spread over cooled cake.
• Garnish with chocolate curls. (I grated chocolate bar with cheese grater, not the most fancy but it worked well enough).

BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For Batter: add each ingredient listed below, one at a time, whipping for 5 minutes after each ingredient is added. After last ingredient is added, whip until all is creamy smooth.
• Cream cheese, then
• Heaving whipping cream, then
• Sour cream, then.
• Eggs, then
• Sugar, then.
• Bailey's Irish Cream.
• For Crust:.
• Mix the graham crackers, almonds, cinnamon and nutmeg together.
• Add melted butter and mix well.
• Pack this mixture evenly into spring form pan and bake it for 5 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven.
• Sprinkle grated chocolate over the crust while the crust is still hot.
• Add the batter and bake in a water bath at 350°F for approximately 1 1/2 hours or until golden brown.
• Let it cool in the oven.

BAILEY'S CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Use food processor to mix crust ingredients. Put in 9" springform pan.
• Mix cream cheese with sour cream - beat until light & fluffy & no lumps. Add heavy cream, then sugar and beat until fluffy. Add one egg at a time on low speed until well blended.
• Melt chocolate. Cool Slightly. (Usually do this first to let the chocolate cool). Gradually add Bailey's to melted chocolate. Will be very stiff at first.
• Gradually add chocolate to cheese mixture, then add vanilla.
• Pour into crust.
• Bake 50 minutes.
• With oven door ajar, leave cheesecake in turned off oven for 1 hour.
• Let cool at room temperature, then refrigerate.

CHOCOLATE GLAZED BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Finely grind graham crackers in a food processor.
• Add butter and blend until combined.
• Press crust mixture onto bottom (not sides) of a 9-inch diameter springform pan.
• Bake crust until golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven, and maintain oven temperature.
• For filling: Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl until smooth.
• Beat in flour.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating just until combined.
• Mix in remaining ingredients.
• Pour filling into crust (cake will not fill pan).
• Bake 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees.
• Continue baking cheesecake until set, about 40 minutes longer.
• Cool cake in pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Run a sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake.
• Cool.
• Chill overnight.
• For glaze: Bring cream to simmer in a heavy medium sized saucepan.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Add chopped chocolate (I use chocolate chips!) and stir until smooth.
• Cool glaze to lukewarm.
• Release pan sides from cheesecake.
• Place cheesecake on rack set over a baking sheet.
• Pour glaze over cheesecake, spreading with a spatula to cover top and sides, allowing excess to drip onto sheet.
• Refrigerate until glaze sets, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer cheesecake to platter.
• Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.

IRISH CREAM WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Break the white chocolate into pieces.
• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Lightly butter a 9-inch springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides.
• Finely grind the graham crackers, pecans and sugar together in processor.
• Add the butter and blend, using on/off turns.
• Press mixture on bottom and 2 inches up sides of the pan.
• Chill for 20 minutes.
• Prepare the filling: With a electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl.
• Beat until smooth.
• In a medium bowl whisk eggs, Baileys and vanilla extract just until blended.
• Beat mixture into the cream cheese mixture.
• Finely chop the white chocolate in processor using on/off turns; add to cheese mixture.
• Pour filling into crust.
• Bake until edges of the filling are puffed and dry looking and center is just set, near 50 minutes.
• Let cake cool on rack.
• Make topping: Mix sour cream and powdered sugar in small bowl.
• Spread topping onto cake when cooled; sprinkle chocolate over.
• Place pecans around edges of cake.
• Refrigerate until chilled, overnight or 6 hours.

FROZEN CHEESECAKE WITH BAILEYS & CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Gently melt the butter in a pan or microwave. Put all the biscuits in a food processor and pulse until crumbled, but not too fine (or double-bag and bash with a rolling pan). Stir butter into the crumbs.
• Take the base out of a 20cm loosebottomed or spring-form tin and line with a large sheet of cling film to come up the sides, before you put the base back in. Line the base with a circle of baking parchment. Tip in the crumb mixture and press down firmly and evenly on the base and up the sides. Freeze to set while you make the filling.
• Beat the soft cheese with an electric whisk in a large bowl until nice and soft, then add the cream and sugar and beat until smooth and creamy. Put the ice cream into your largest bowl and fold in the soft cheese mixture, bit-by-bit, with the Baileys and coffee until smooth. Tip into the prepared tin, cover with more cling film and place into the freezer. Freeze for 3 hrs, or up to a month.
• Bring the cheesecake out of the freezer 20 mins before serving. Lift out of the tin, using the cling film to help you, and top with grated chocolate to serve.