This Bailey’s Chocolate Cheesecake only requires a few simple ingredients, but the best is the melted chocolate in the cheesecake! To make it even better, it’s top off with a Bailey’s Whipped Cream!
Guys, it’s a big day for me. I BAKED a cheesecake! Can you believe it? As you may know, cheesecakes are my favorite dessert, but the whole baking of the cheesecake seems labor intensive and intimidating. BUT in all actuality, it’s total not. Before you head over to Delish Dish to grab the recipe, be sure to read through a few of my tips below.
Some of the common fears for baking cheesecakes include: the cracking in the middle (after all the work, my word!), not knowing if the cheesecake is actually baked all the way through (please tell me I am not the only one!), and the water bath, lord don’t make me do it. Let me break this down a little bit for you.
From all I’ve learned about baked cheesecake, I know that one of the key steps to a silky smooth cheesecake is that all ingredients should be at room temperature. Don’t rush it either! Take them out an hour or so before you’re ready to bake. This includes the cream cheese, the eggs and any liquid.
You’ve spent all that time preparing and baking your masterpiece, you take it out of the oven and as it cools, you helplessly watch the top of the cheesecake crack apart. You know what I say? Who cares! Cover that baby up with some topping. Can you even tell that this cheesecake has a big crack in it? Nope!
This cheesecake did not call for it to be baked in a water bath, and so I didn’t do it. That may have been the cause for the actual cracking of the cheesecake, but that’s okay. I am not as familiar with how the baking time would be adjusted with a water bath vs without one. So I do what I do best, and ask my baking BFF Lindsay. She’s the cheesecake queen!
Last month Lindsay came up with this pure G-E-N-I-U-S idea to wrap her cheesecake in a slow cooker liner in order to prevent the water from getting into her cheesecake. I know that no matter how much foil I wrap around the bottom of my springform pan, water will get in. However, the slow cookers liners are meant to withstand heat and not leak. It’s a life changing idea for cheesecake lovers.
So anyway, I tried Lindsay’s tip and wrapped this cheesecake with a slow cooker liner and then baked it on a sheet pan so that the plastic was not directly on the wire racks in my oven. I am very glad I did have the liner on the pan because my cheesecake actually leaked quite a bit of butter and let me tell you why.
The original recipe I made from Better Homes and Gardens called for only 1 ½ cups of Oreo crumbs and 8 tablespoons of butter. After the process of writing my cookbook (in which I made dozens of no-bake cheesecake), I have a pretty good idea how I like my crust -> I like a lot of it. So I used a whole package of Oreos and a stick (8 tablespoons) of butter. It might have been a little too much butter for a baked cheesecake because the crusts makes into the filling. It’s not a big deal that my pan leaked excess butter, it just means that if I didn’t have that liner and the sheet pan, it would be been a total mess. So the moral of the story is use a sheet pan!
Other than the crust, I really didn’t make any alterations to the original recipe from BHG. I decided on a Bailey’s whipped cream, because more Baileys is more betta! Then I sprinkled the top with a little bit of cocoa powder.
So, are you ready to get baking this cheesecake? Head over the BHG blog, or you can skip right to the recipe.
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Baileys Chocolate Cheesecake
- Yield: 9-inch 1x
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- For the crust:
- 1 package Oreos
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- For the filling
- 3– 8 ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature
- 8 ounces sour cream, at room temperature
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 8 ounces semi sweet chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Irish Cream such as Baileys
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- For the topping:
- 1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2–3 tablespoons Irish Cream
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Cocoa powder for dusting
Instructions
- This recipe was adapted from Better Homes and Garden’s Chocolate-Irish Cream Cheesecake.
- All wet ingredients are best at room temperature. I melted and cooled the chocolate while the other ingredients were cooling to room temperature.
- I added the topping to the original recipe. The cheesecake must be completely cooled. Put the bowl and whisk attachment in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to get them really cold (this step is optional, but is a common practice I use).
- In the cold mixing bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream and Irish Cream on medium speed until soft peaks form.
- Add the powdered sugar and increase the speed to medium high. Beat until stiff peaks form.
- Spread whipped cream over the top of cake. This cheesecake must stay refrigerated.
Notes
The whipped cream will not be as stiff as a normal cream due to the addition of the alcohol.
This was baked in a 9-inch springform pan. I highly suggest using a baking sheet underneath your springform pan or you will have a messy oven!
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Debbie says
I have modified my cheesecake baths and no longer bother with any wrapping or anything. Instead I put water into a Pyrex (whatever is handy – often the 8 x 8 but sometimes a 9×13). I put the Pyrex in my microwave until the water is boiling. Carefully place that Pyrex on the bottom shelf of the oven and the springform pan goes right above that. It provides enough moisture that you no longer experience cracks!
Oh. And this recipe looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it!
Beyond Frosting says
That’s wonderful Debbie! I will have to try that some time!
Kalinda says
The BHG recipe also calls for 2 TBS cream or milk in the cheesecake. Did you omit this in your recipe or just miss it in your ingredient list?
Samara Rosenberg says
Link to BHG is no longer there. I need the recipe if you can help please. I need it for Thanksgiving.
Thanks,
Samara
Beyond Frosting says
Hi Samara, it looks like they have re-categorized the recipes, which breaks my link. Here is the link to the original recipe and I’ve reach out to BHG to ask them http://www.bhg.com/recipe/chocolate/chocolate-irish-cream-cheesecake/
frustrated blog visitor says
where is the recipe????????? i have looked all over this site, clicked on everything. do i need to go on a website hunting expedition,i do not have the time or the patience.. you have way tooooooo many pictures. could you please email me the recipe , thanks.the recipe looks good as if i could only find it.
Beyond Frosting says
Hi there, I am sorry you’re frustrated because you can’t see the link that says “skip right to the recipe” at the end of the post. Here’s the link: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/cheesecake/chocolate-irish-cream-cheesecake/ There are also 2 links to the recipe when you click through this post. Thanks. And if you’re looking for posts with less photos, I’m afraid you’re in the wrong spot.
Celia Joyner says
I too am JUST as frustrated!! The above link is a TOTALLY different looking cheesecake and really not as appealing!!! So you did good …. whatever you did!!!
Beyond Frosting says
Hi Celia, the recipe is the exact same. All I did was add more Oreos to the crust, which I mentioned above. And added some Bailey’s whipped cream, which I also talked about in the above post. The recipe I made is from Better Homes and Gardens, I took my own photos which is why it looks different.
Samara Rosenberg says
I can not get the recipe. BHG says it is not there anymore. Help. I need this recipe.Thanks
Debbie says
Dear BF,
I haven’t baked a cheese cake before but have done layered cakes in spring formed pans (SFP). Can you send a pic or tell me if you are putting the bag inside of the SFP or wrapping it around the outside and tying it off? Either way it sounds revolutionary! lol
Beyond Frosting says
Hi Debbie, there is a link in my post where you can see how to prepare the spring form pan for baking. http://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/2016/02/24/how-to-prevent-your-cheesecake-water-bath-from-leaking/
Joyce Holt says
“Baking” a cheesecake – good for you! Maybe another cookbook in the future?? I would be happy to test the recipes!!!
Beyond Frosting says
LOL, I know right?! It’s been forever since I turned on my oven for a cheesecake!