B52 Cheesecake

Honeybit · ‎07-17-2011

B52 Cheesecake

Recipe from: http://www.ciaowinnipeg.com/b52-cheesecake/

B52 Cheesecake

Owner Beth Grubert - Baked Expectations

With its pretty ombré layers of bitter coffee, smooth Irish cream and zesty orange, this rich cheesecake blends the indulgent flavours of our favourite after-dinner drinks.

Crust

1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate wafers or graham crackers

2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

Filling

1 cup granulated sugar

3 8 oz pkgs cream cheese, softened

1 cup sour cream

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

3 eggs, room temp

2 Tbsp Kahlua™

2 Tbsp Bailey’s Irish Cream™

2 Tbsp Grand Marnier™

Topping

4 cups whipping cream

1 cup icing sugar

1 to 2 oz semisweet chocolate, melted

Method

Crust

Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Combine wafer crumbs with butter. Press firmly into bottom of 9″ springform pan.
Bake 5 mins to set crust.

Filling

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until well-blended.
Add sour cream and vanilla, mix well.
One at a time, add eggs, beating on low speed until blended.
Separate batter equally into 3 bowls. Flavour each with a liqueur. In layers, spread each part over crust in this order: Kahlua™, Bailey’s™ and Grand Marnier™.
Bake 60 to 70 mins, until centre is almost set.
Turn oven off, open oven door slightly. Leave cheesecake in oven 1 hr.
Remove cake from oven; cool completely. Refrigerate minimum 4 hrs or overnight.

Topping

In a mixing bowl, whip cream and icing sugar starting slowly and building speed until fluffy.
Fill a piping bag with the whipped cream fitted with a round 1A tip. Decorate top of cheesecake with small dollops.
Drizzle melted chocolate over top.

Yields 10-12 servings

Honeybit · ‎07-17-2011

Note that the above is not a kitchen tested recipe I've tried yet. I had a B52 Cheesecake in a restaurant (which didn't look this gorgeous) -- it was flavored with Bailey's, Kahlua, and Grand Marnier and topped with a chocolate ganache. This is the one I found online.

By the time I figured out how to post a PICTURE on this new format, I decided I might as well go ahead and post the recipe now!

ChiliPepper · ‎01-16-2015

That looks FABULOUS HoneyBit!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Lovely! Is that a tribute to those BIG, BEAUTIFUL B52 Stratofortress Bombers that have served the United States Air Force for so many years?

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

Thanks HoneyBit!

This is just the prettiest cheesecake!

I know you didn't make this particular recipe...but when you ate it in the in restaurant...

did it taste like liqueur? Or did it just taste flavorful?

I know this is a silly question! I want to make it this Saturday for a Church Picnic. DH is worried it will taste like 'alcohol' and might not set well with 'church ladies' LOL

I don't think 2 T of each flavored liqueur is going to make it taste like a cheesecake shot! LOL

But I thought I would ask to see if you think it might be better served at a different type event?

TIA! Please forgive for the kinda silly question!!!

Honeybit · ‎07-17-2011

@Sooner I'd like to think it was a tribute to the airplane, BUT when I went online looking for a recipe, I found out that the B--52 is a shooter made from the three ingredients flavoring the cake. I'm not up on cocktails, so I'd never heard of it before and didn't know until I looked it up how the name related to the cake.

@RespectLife, the one I had in the restaurant didn't taste like alcohol -- it just tasted like a deliciously flavored cheesecake. It wasn't in layers -- all the flavors were just kind of mingled together in the filling. I understand your husband's concerns; I know churches that are adamantly anti-alcohol. However, I might point out that Vanilla Extract itself is alcohol based and I've never known any 'church ladies' to object to Vanilla Pound Cake. Also, the cheesecake filling is cooked after the liqueurs are added, so that should reduce the risk of alcohol potency. [As a precaution, you could tuck a bottle of smelling salts in your pocket in case one of the easily shocked happens to ask you for your recipe !!!!! ]

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

@Honeybit wrote:
@Sooner I'd like to think it was a tribute to the airplane, BUT when I went online looking for a recipe, I found out that the B--52 is a shooter made from the three ingredients flavoring the cake. I'm not up on cocktails, so I'd never heard of it before and didn't know until I looked it up how the name related to the cake.

@RespectLife, the one I had in the restaurant didn't taste like alcohol -- it just tasted like a deliciously flavored cheesecake. It wasn't in layers -- all the flavors were just kind of mingled together in the filling. I understand your husband's concerns; I know churches that are adamantly anti-alcohol. However, I might point out that Vanilla Extract itself is alcohol based and I've never known any 'church ladies' to object to Vanilla Pound Cake. Also, the cheesecake filling is cooked after the liqueurs are added, so that should reduce the risk of alcohol potency. [As a precaution, you could tuck a bottle of smelling salts in your pocket in case one of the easily shocked happens to ask you for your recipe !!!!! ]

LOL! Smelling Salts! You are too funny, Honeybit!

I am going for it!

Thanks much for your input! Appreciate it!

sfnative · ‎03-10-2010

I have simply got to make this once Fall arrives.

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Copying this recipe into Word turned into a Red Lette Day for me becaue I've been having a heck of a time copying anything since the forum "update." Every time I copy, the background is a mustard yellow that to date I have not been able to delete.

HOWEVER, with this cheesecake recipe, I had a brilliant thought. What if the ______ person who set this up for publication did so in "table format?" Since I was considered the queen of table creation at work, I should be able to work with this and guess what? It WAS set up in table format!

So, for those whose Word copy has a mustard background (for some reason not all do), highlight just short amounts of text or until the cursor "hits a wall," then hit Delete or Backspace. Mustard background gone!