Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake

Irish cream has always been associated as being a sophisticated beverage-- beautiful people drinking a beautiful drink.  So I don’t think that I’m going out on a limb when I say beautiful people eat beautiful desserts.  And this Irish Cream Cheesecake recipe is definitely a beautiful and delicious dessert.

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Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake The Ingreidents The Crust: 10 graham crackers, broken 1 1/4 cup walnuts (may use any kind of nuts) 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 stick of melted sweet butter The Filling 1/2 lb.  cream cheese, at room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1/3 cup Bailey's Irish Cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 ounce imported white chocolate broken into pieces Topping 1 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 powdered sugar 2 ounces white chocolate, grated 2 ounces of grated walnuts, to sprinkle

Directions

Preheat oven to 325° degrees. Crust- Lightly butter a 9 inch cheesecake pan.  Finely grind crackers, walnuts and sugar in processor.  Add butter and blend.  Press into bottom of pan.  Refrigerate for twenty minutes.

Filling- Using mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. In another bowl, whisk eggs, Bailey's Irish Cream and vanilla until just blended.  Beat egg mixture into cream cheese mixture.  Finely chop white chocolate in processor and then melt in a double boiler. Be careful, white chocolate scorches easily.  Add chocolate to filling.  Transfer filling to crust lined pan. 

Bake until the edges of the filling are puffed and the center is set about 50 minutes.  Cool on wire rack and then place in refrigerator.

Topping- Mix sour cream and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Mix in grated white chocolate. Spread over cheesecake and sprinkle with walnuts. Serve and enjoy your Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake and be sure to share.

To help your cheesecake come out just right, check out these cheesecake baking tips.