Chocolate And Bailey's Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 250 g shortbread cookies
• 100 g ground almonds
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 75 g butter, melted
• 675 g cream cheese
• 200 g caster sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch)
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 150 ml cream
• 150 ml bailey's irish cream
• 125 g chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 grease a round 22-24 cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
• 3 to make the base, finely crush the shortbread biscuits until they resemble fine breadcrumbs. (this is best done in a food processor).
• 4 mix in the ground almonds, ginger and melted butter.
• 5 press into the prepared tin and put in the fridge.
• 6 using an electric beater beat the cream cheese, sugar and cornflour.
• 7 add in the eggs, cream and bailey's and beat until you have a smooth, creamy consistency.
• 8 stir in the chocolate.
• 9 remove the base from the fridge and pour the cheesecake mixture into it.
• 10 place the prepared tin into large roasting dish that is filled with 1-2 cm of hot water.
• 11 cook in the oven for 45 minutes until the top is lightly golden and the filling is just set.
• 12 remove from the oven and leave to cool before taking out of the tin.
• 13 cut into slices and serve.