Coffee 'n' Cream Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
12-14
ingredients
-
Crust
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee
- 1 3⁄4 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons chopped toasted almonds
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Filling
- 24 ounces cream cheese
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 5 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
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Coffee Bean Topping
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liqueur
- chocolate-covered coffee beans
directions
- The crust--in a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in instant coffee until dissolved.
- In a bowl, stir the crushed vanilla wafers, sugar, and chopped almonds together; stir in the butter mixture until well combined.
- Press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
- The filling--In a big bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add in eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir together the instant coffee and hot water until dissolved; add coffee mixture and vanilla to the cream cheese mixture; beat until smooth.
- Stir in whipping cream; pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.
- Bake at 350° for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 200° and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center no longer looks wet or shiny.
- Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the inside edge of the pan.
- Turn the oven off; return the cake to the oven for an additional 30 minutes; chill, uncovered, overnight.
- Topping: in a small bowl, beat whipping cream, sugar, and coffee liqueur with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe the whipped cream mixture around the edge of the cheesecake; garnish with chocolate-covered coffee beans; chill until serving time.
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