Bailey's Chocolate-Chip Cheesecake Recipe

[lincoln-nebraska]

Bailey's Chocolate-Chip Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

Crust
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter melted

Filling
2 1/4 pounds cream cheese
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
1 cup liqueur irish cream style
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips

Coffee cream
1 cup whipped cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon coffee

Recipe Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Coat a 9 inch springform pan with vegetable c ooking spray.
Combine crumbs and sugar in pan. Stir in butter.
Press mixture i nto bottom and 1 inch up the sides of the pan.
Bake until light brown, usually about 7 minutes.
Maintain oven temperature at 325 degrees F.
Beat cream cheese until smooth with and electric mixer.
Gradually add sugar, then eggs one at a time, then Bailey's and finally the vanill a.
Sprinkle half of the chocolate chips over crust. Spoon in filling.
Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
Bake until cake is puffed, springy in the cent er and golden brown, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Cool cake completely in refrige rator.
Beat cream, sugar and coffee powder until peaks form.
Spread mixture over cooled cake.
Garnish with chocolate curls.