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INGREDIENTS
Crumb Crust
250 g plain sweet biscuits
125 g butter
Filling
375 g packaged cream cheese
3/4 cup caster sugar
3 teaspoons plain flour
3 eggs
3/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
90 g dark chocolate
1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
1 tablespoon coffee liqueur (Tia Maria or Kahlua)
1 tablespoon water
1egg yolk
Cream
3 teaspoons instant coffee powder
1 teaspoon hot water
1 cup cream
1 tablespoon sugar
DIRECTIONS
Crumb Crust:.
Crush biscuits finely.
Add melted butter and mix well.
Press crumb mixture on base and sides of 20cm springorm pan.
Refrigerate while preparing filling.
Filling:.
Beat cream cheese until softened.
Combine with sugar and flour.
Beat well.
Beat in eggs, sour cream and [...]
INGREDIENTS
1 (300ml) ctn thickened cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar icing
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
220 ml coffee liqueur (such as Kahlua)
1 1/4 liters freshly brewed espresso coffee , warmed
ground cinnamon , to serve
DIRECTIONS
Use an electric beater to beat the cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Use a large metal spoon to fold in the icing sugar mixture and vanilla bean paste.
Pour the coffee liqueur evenly among serving glasses. Add [...]
INGREDIENTS
Liqueur
15-30 kumquats , pricked
2 1/4 cups sugar (scant measure)
700 ml brandy
Coating for later
100-200 g dark chocolate , melted
DIRECTIONS
Put the pricked kumquats, sugar and brandy in a jar that can be tightly sealed (should hold at least a litre). Store jar away from sunlight.
Every day for the next 14 days, turn the jar over and back to distribute the sugar. You don’t need to shake the [...]
INGREDIENTS
2 cups jamison Irish whiskey (No substitutes)
1 (14ounce)can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (real not imitation)
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 tablespoon coconut cream (No substitutes)
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingrediants in a blender, and blend until smooth.
keep in a tightly sealed container.
Refrigerate for 24 hours before consuming.
INGREDIENTS
CAKES
8 eggs
2 2/3 cups granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean or1teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup melted butter (at room temperature)
SYRUP
3 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 1/8 cups water
1 3/4 cups Frangelico
1/3 cup toasted chopped hazelnuts
DIRECTIONS
PREPARE CAKE:.
Heat oven to 350ºF.
Grease and flour four 8 x 3 3/4-inch loaf pans.
Split open vanilla bean and scrape seeds into cream.
Drop pod into cream and heat until scalding.
Let cool.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar and salt until well blended.
Sift [...]