Bailey's Chocolate Cheesecake

1-1/2 cups chocolate wafers, finely crushed

1/3 cup confectioner's sugar

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup butter

3 pkgs (8 oz each) softened cream cheese

1-1/4 cups white sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3 Tbsp all-purpose flour

3 eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup Bailey's Irish Cream

To Make Crust: �� Mix together the cookie crumbs, confectioners' sugar, and 1/3 cup cocoa. Add melted butter or margarine and stir until well mixed. Pat into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.

Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 10 minutes, set aside.

Combine cream cheese, white sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, and flour, mixing at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended.� Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.� Blend in the sour cream and Bailey's Irish Cream, mix on low until blended. Pour over baked crust.

Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.� Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees and continue baking for 60 minutes. Remove from oven.

With a knife, loosen cake from rim of pan, let cool then remove the rim of pan. Chill before serving.� If your cake cracks, a helpful tip is to dampen a spatula and smooth the top and then sprinkle with some chocolate wafer crumbs.

Makes one 9-inch pie.

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