Chocolate Cheesecake with Coffee Mousse

Coffee Mousse – Chocolate cheesecake

***Makes two cakes***

  • 10  Cream Cheese — softened
  • 2 2/3 cup Sugar
  • 1.5 cup Whipping cream
  • 10 Eggs — room Temperature
  • ½ cup Captain morgans rum
    • Praline/Pecan liqueur – works best 
  • 2 dashes of Vanilla extract
  • 2 cup Ghirardelli chocolate chips – melted
  • 2 cups pecans
  • Salt
  • Springform pans
***Coffee Mousse***
  • The rest of a large container of Whipping Cream — chilled
  • 2/3 cup powder Sugar
  • 2 teaspoon Instant Coffee
  • Chocolate Curls
 ***Crust***
  • 2 package Graham Crackers
  • Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar

 Crust:

  • Heat oven to 450F
  • Put graham crackers and pecans in food processor (or just crush up finely) – dust, (1 package for each cheesecake)
  • Mix with 1 stick melted butter  (half a stick for each cake), pat down with bottom of coffee cup and bake for  7 minutes until toasted
  • Remove, reduce oven temp and put an oven safe container of water on the bottom rack for humidity

Cheesecake

  • Beat 8 of 10 sticks of cream cheese until soft
  • Melt chocolate in microwave safe container
  • Beat eggs, then add along with sugar, vanilla, rum chocolate.. all the stuff..
  • Put the 9th and 10th stick in after all ingredients are mixed – beat until completely mixed
  • Bake at 325 – 350 for one hour or so
  • Take out, let cool and refrigerate

 Mousee:

(to spread on top of cake after completely cooled)

  • Add powdered sugar and coffee
  • Beat whipping cream until firm – until drip castles stand up by themselves. careful not to overbeat
  • Refrigerate – spread over top of cheesecakes after they cool,
  • Sprinkle chocolate curls

 

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