Kahlua Cheesecake

As Ching said, it looks as though i am the official birthday cake baker. Yes, Ching, self appointed. This is our dear friend, Kevin's birthday cake. He requested for cheesecake and since he loves wine, i decided to add liqueur and coffee to the Cotton Soft Japanese Cheesecake recipe and making it marbled.



Ingredients:
225g cream cheese
50g butter
50ml milk mixed with 2 tsp instant coffee
50ml Kahlua
60g superfine flour
20g cornflour
6 egg yolks
¼ tsp salt
70 gm sugar

6 egg whites
¼ tsp cream of tartar
70g fine granulated sugar

Frosting:

1 pkt Dream Whip
1/2 cup chilled milk
50 ml Kahlua




Method:

1. Preheat oven at 300 F and bring a kettle of water to a boil.

2. Lightly grease and line the bottom and sides which should be 1 1/2 " above the rim of a 8" pan with greaseproof paper.

3. Melt cream cheese, butter and milk in a double boiler.

4. Cool the mixture. over iced bath.

5. Fold in the flours, egg yolks, sugar and Kahlua and mix well.

6. Whisk egg white until foamy, then add in cream of tartar and whisk on the highest speed.

7. Add in the sugar gradually and whisk until soft peaks form.(if lifted with the whisk, the white should have a curve tip)

8. Add 1/3 of the whisked egg white into the cream cheese mixture in 5. Mix it really well with the biggest spatula available.

9. Fold in the rest of the egg white and then FOLD in, from the center to the sides and not forgeting the bottom of bowl. Do not overmix.

10. Pour into a 8” round cake pan(Using the method of pouring in the Zebra Cake

and adding 1/2 tsp of coffee emulco for the colored portion).

Line a roasting pan with a kitchen cloth at the bottom and place cake pan on the cloth. Place roasting pan in the preheated oven and pour boiling water into the roasting pan. Water level should be half way of cake pan.

11 Bake cheese cake for 1 hrs 30 mins or until set or golden brown.

12. Leave in the oven with door ajar for an hour until cake cools.

13. Take it out of oven and turn cake out of cake pan. Wrap with aluminium foil and leave in the fridge.

Frosting:

1. Whisked the Dream Whip with the chilled milk in the highest speed until stiff. Add in the Kahlua.

2. Iced the cheesecake with the whipped cream and decorate cake.

3. Chilled cake and ENJOY

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