Irish Cream Cheesecake

Submitted by Nancy G.

"An excellent choice for a St. Patrick's Day dinner. You can use up to 1/2 cup Irish Cream Liqueur if you would like. Regular graham crackers can be subbed for the chocolate if desired."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• Crust

• 1 3⁄4 cups finely crushed chocolate graham crackers
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted

• Filling

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄3 cup irish cream, liqueur
• 3⁄4 cup real semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon flour

directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. In medium bowl stir together all crust ingredients until crumbly. Press on bottom and 1 inch up side of lightly greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
3. In large mixer bowl, combine sugar and cream cheese. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs 1 at a time, until well mixed. DO NOT OVERBEAT.
4. By hand, stir in liqueur.
5. In small bowl stir together 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon flour.
6. Gently stir into cream cheese mixture.
7. Pour batter into crust. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over batter.
8. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes until center is set or until firm to touch. Cool 10 minutes.
9. Loosen side of cheesecake by running knife around inside of pan.
10. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
11. To garnish, pipe whipped cream over top of cheesecake and top with chocolate curls, if desired.

Reviews

[Foodie61]

Excellent cheesecake! I made this for our office St. Patty's day pot-luck luncheon, and it was a huge hit! Wouldn't change a thing!

 

[conniecooks]

I made this for Christmas day, 2009, It was excellent. I spread a generous layer of Whipped Cream on top and garnished with crushed Skor bars. I might of added a wee bit extra Irish cream.