Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 1/4 lbs cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup irish cream (baileys or devonshire)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
• semisweet chocolate bar, shavings

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325f degrees.
• 2 crust: lightly grease a 10" spring form pan with butter.
• 3 combine crumbs and melted butter in a bowl, then press into bottom and 1" up the sides of pan.
• 4 bake until light brown, about 7 minutes.
• 5 filling: using an electric mixer or food processor beat cream cheese until smooth.
• 6 gradually incorporate sugar.
• 7 beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• 8 blend in irish cream liqueur and vanilla.
• 9 sprinkle half chocolate chips over bottom crust.
• 10 spoon in filling.
• 11 sprinkle on remaining chocolate chips.
• 12 put cake in oven and bake until puffed, center springs back, and golden brown, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• 13 cool cake completely.
• 14 cream: when cake is completely cool, beat whipping cream, sugar, and coffee powder until peaks form.
• 15 spread mixture over cake.
• 16 garnish: decorate top with chocolate shavings.