Baileys Irish Cheesecake

 Hello Everybody!

Yesterday was my moms birthday(HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!) and for the last couple of years I have her the classic NY Cheesecake. But this year we both wanted to try something a little different, Exhibit A

Not being a big cheesecake fan myself, I really don't make them very often. So I was a bit worried about how it would turn out. But thankfully everything turned out nicely:) I hope you find this recipe helpful.

Ingredients:

Crust:

2 Cups graham cracker crumbs

1 Stick Butter, melted

3 Tablespoons sugar

Filling:

4 (8oz) packages cream cheese, room temperature

11/4 cup sugar

4 Large eggs, room temperature

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/4 plus 2 Tablespoons Bailey's Irish Cream

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

Topping:

11/2 Cup whipping cream

3 Tablespoon powdered sugar

4 teaspoons Bailey's Irish Cream

What To Do:

Preheat oven to 350f. Butter a 9-inch spring form pan, set aside.

To make the crust: In a medium bowl combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and the sugar until the crumbs are moistened and hold together when pressed. Press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan, and up the sides and the pan about an inch and a half.

You can the use bottom of a glass to compact out the crumbs.

Place the crust in the oven, and bake for five minutes.

Cool completely on a wire rack.

To Make Filling: In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth, add the sugar and the vanilla blend until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beat until combined. Add the Bailey's and the heavy cream, beat until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go.

Pour the cream cheese mixture into the prepared crust. Smooth out the top and knock on the counter a few times to get rid of any bubbles.

Place in the oven and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until the edges are firm and the middle is still jiggles a little. Remove from oven, and take a sharp knife go around the edges of the pan. Cool completely before removing from pan. Refrigerate for 5 hours up to overnight.

For Topping:

Before serving.

In a mixing bowl beat the whipping cream until is just starts to thicken, then add the Bailey's, vanilla and the powdered sugar. Beat until the cream mixture is a stiff whipped cream consistency. spread on top the cheesecake, and serve.

Voila! I hope you like the recipe.

Have a great day.

Anna.

The original recipe is here

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Hello,
So Saturday we had my brother's 19th Birthday party, and it was SO MUCH FUN!
Anyways my brother asked me to make this cake for him, and of curse I said yes. This cake has become the go to birthday cake for my brother and my brother-in-law for the last couple of years.

So I made the cake of Friday, because pretty much all cakes are better the second day. and as you can imagine I had a lot of cooking to do for the party. But I love making this cake, I'm not a huge chocolate fan myself but all my guys love it. My favorite thing about this cake is that it doesn't have to look absolutely perfect, it just has to look yummy.
Chocolate Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups sugar
2 cups hot water
5 ounces dark chocolate
6 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Peanut Butter Cream Frosting.
3 sticks butter
2 cups creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons milk

Chocolate Glaze.
4 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces dark chocolate
1 cup powdered sugar

THE CAKE
Heat the oven to 350f. line and grease two 8 or 9 inch cake pans, with wax paper circles. you may want to flour the cake pans al well  if you are worried that the cake will stick.

 

In a mixer bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Mix till combined.

 
 In a small bowl, whisk together the hot water in with the chocolate and the butter,until the butter and the chocolate are melted. Add the vanilla.

 

 

 Add wet ingredients to the dry. Mix on a medium speed until combined out two minutes.

 

 Divide batter equally into the pans.

 And bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool cake in the pans before moving onto cooling rack, cool completely before frosting.

For The Frosting.
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and the peanut butter on a medium speed until its light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

 
 Add the vanilla, add the powdered sugar slowly, then add the milk.
You may need more powdered sugar to get the frosting the way you like it.

 
 Fill the cake with frosting, frost the cake:)
 

 
 Chill in the refrigerator whilst you make the glaze.
 
For The Glaze.
 In a small saucepan, add the butter, milk, corn syrup and the vanilla.

 
 Heat over medium heat until butter is melted. turn down the heat to low, and add the chocolate until melted.

Remove from heat and add powdered sugar.

 
Whisk until smooth. cool until the glaze appears to thicken. Pour over the top of the cake, and allow the glaze to drip as you like.

 

Let the glaze set before you add the candy to the top of the cake.

 Enjoy.
 
Adapted From Blahnik Baker.

 
 Anna.
 
 

Vanilla Buttercream Cake

Hello,

Yesterday was my brothers birthday,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!

Anyway I got to make his birthday cake, which is something that I love to do.

But in our apartment, as I have said before we have hardly any cooking utensils. So I was very concerned about making a cake without my mixer, and I was worried that the frosting would be lumpy. But everything turned out fine, Yay. I also do not have my proper frosting tools, so it's not the most beautiful cake I've made but it's very yummy.

     1 Betty Crocker French Vanilla cake mix                                      

1 Cup Water                                                                                

1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil                                                                

3 Eggs                                                                                         

1 teaspoon Vanilla                                                                      

 

I also used two 8"square  disposable cake pans.            

Heat your oven to 350. Grease and flour the bottom and sides of the pan or pans. In a large bowl add water, oil, eggs and vanilla to the cake mix.

 

 
 
 Beat with a whisk until the batter reaches a proper cake batter consistency, or beat with a mixer on medium for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. Pour batter into prepared pans.

 

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

 

Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan, cool completely before frosting.  

Fill in the two cakes with the filling of our choice.

I used Orange Marmalade.    

    1/2 Cup solid vegetable shortening                                              

1/2 Cup(1 stick) Butter                                                  

1 teaspoon Vanilla                                                   

4 Cups powdered sugar                                            

2 Tablespoons Milk                                                       

In a large bowl combine shortening and butter until fairly smooth.

 
Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, mixing until all the sugar has been added, the icing will appear dry. Gradually add milk; mix until light and fluffy.

 

It may be necessary to add additional sugar for the correct consistency.  

Frost the cake as you like, I like to do it in thin layers.

 
      Like so.

 Enjoy
Have a great day.
Anna.