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Luxurious Baileys Cheesecake

A creamy decadent dessert with a buttery biscuit base
Prep Time 30 minutes
Rest time 3 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 8

Equipment

  • 24 cm spring-form tin

Ingredients
  

  • 160 g butter
  • 400 g digestive biscuits
  • 640 g cream cheese
  • 6 tbsp Baileys
  • 140 g icing sugar
  • 500 ml double cream

Instructions
 

  • In a sauce pan melt the butter over a low heat or 30 second intervals in the microwave.
  • Crumb the digestive biscuits and add to the melted butter. Mix well to incorporate.
  • With the back of a dessert spoon, level and press the crumb into a 9" spring form cake tin. Refrigerate for 1 hour to set.
  • In a bowl mix the cream cheese, Baileys and icing sugar.
  • Whip up the double cream to soft peaks.
  • Fold the cream into the cheese and spread on top of the biscuit base
  • Refrigerate again for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
  • Enjoy

Notes

For the decoration, I melted milk chocolate and spread it onto a piece of grease-proof paper, the same size as the spring form tin. I then drizzled melted white chocolate over and chilled in the fridge. Once set, cut to size using a sharp knife.
 
Keyword Baileys, Cheesecake, Irish Cream, No-bake