Tiramisu Cheesecake
The dessert mashup you never knew you needed
Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- FOR CRUST
- 1 sleeve graham crackers, finely crushed
- 5 tbsp. melted butter
- ¼ c. sugar
- 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
- FOR THE CHEESECAKE
- 4 (8-oz.) bars cream cheese, softened
- 1½ c. sugar
- ¼ c. cornstarch
- 4 large eggs
- ⅓ c. rum
- ⅓ c. brewed espresso or coffee
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 12 lady fingers
- FOR SERVING
- 2 c. Whipped topping
- ¼ c. Cocoa powder, for dusting
- 2 tbsp. chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325º and grease an 8" or 9" springform pan with cooking spray. Make crust: In a large bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar, and cocoa powder. Press mixture into prepared pan.
- Make cheesecake: In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until completely smooth and fluffy. Add cornstarch, then add eggs. Add rum, coffee and vanilla.
- Pour ½ batter into springform pan, add a layer of ladyfingers, and top with the rest of the cheesecake mixture and bake until center of cheesecake is only slightly jiggly, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn oven of and let cheesecake cool in oven, 1 hour, then refrigerate until completely cool, 4 hours or up to overnight. (If you'd like to use a water bath, tightly wrap outside of springform pan with two layers of aluminum foil. Transfer to a deep roasting pan and pour in enough boiling water to reach halfway up the cheesecake pan. Bake as directed).
- When ready to serve, dust with cocoa powder, pipe dollops of whipped topping, and sprinkle with chocolate shavings. Serve.
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