Simple Chocolate Chip Cheesecake for Chocolate Dessertts Lovers

Ingredients

For Crust Bottom:
2 cups	 	                Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/4 cup		                Sugar
6 tbsp 		                Butter, melted

For Cake:
1 kg 		                	Cream Cheese
1 2/3 cups 	                 	Sugar
5 		                	Eggs
1 cup 		        	Bailey's Irish Cream
1 tbsp 		        	Vanilla Essence
1 cup 		        	Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

For Topping:
1 cup 		        	Whipping Cream
2 tbsp 		        	Sugar
1 tsp 		                	Instant Coffee Powder

For Garnish:
		                	Chocolate Curls

Method

For Making Crust:Preheat oven to 160°C. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick vegetable spray. Combine crumbs and 1/4 cup of sugar in the pan and stir in the melted butter. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up the sides of the pan. Bake until light brown, about 7 minutes.

For Making Cake:In a food processor, beat cream cheese, add 1 2/3 cups sugar and eggs and mix. Blend in Bailey's and vanilla. Sprinkle half of the chocolate chips over crust and spoon in filling. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake cake until puffed, springy in center and golden brown, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake completely.

For Making Topping:Beat whipping cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and coffee powder until peaks form. Spread mixture over cooled cake and garnish with chocolate curls.

Serves 12 to 15.

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