Baileys Cheesecake

I got this recipe from a friend and I love it - It is sooooo easy and is great to make if you are having family or friends over for dinner - as you can make it the day before and keep it in the fridge.

This is a great base cheesecake and you can make many variations such as 'Rum and Raisin' (soak the raisins in the rum overnight to get a really great infused flavour into the raisins).  

Add 'Creme de Menthe' instead of Baileys for a mint flavour, Creme de Cassis for Blackcurrant, etc. etc. and I have also been known to make the Baileys measure slightly smaller and add a nice dash of Brandy to it . . . . . . the possibilities are endless!! 
(Just don't put too much alcoholic liquid in or it will never set!)

INGREDIENTS:
100g of butter
250g of digestive biscuits, crushed
600g of Cream cheese 
1 (very very) generous measure of Bailey’s Liqueur
100ml of icing sugar
300ml of double cream, whipped
(you can substitute Ginger biscuits for half the digestives for a really interesting base) 

METHOD:
Add the crushed digestive biscuits to the melted butter in a saucepan
Use a wooden spoon to mix well. Place the mixture into an lined 8" tin (the tin preferably has a removable base)  I line the tin with clingfilm - it makes it so easy to remove it from the tin when it’s set.  Flatten down biscuit with the back of a spoon and place in the fridge until cold and set.

Place the cream cheese in a bowl and beat well to loosen. Add the measure of baileys and the icing sugar. In a seperate bowl beat the cream and then fold it into the cream cheese.  (Add fruit etc if desired here) Mix everything together well and put on top of the biscuit base. Smooth over the top and cool in a fridge for at least four hours - but preferably overnight.. 

Decorate with the rind of a lime or dust with chocolate powder . .blueberries, strawberries . . .whatever takes your fancy to compliment the flavour you have chosen

You can also make up individual portions in ramekins also using the cling film to line the dish first.

I have used various brands of cream cheese and they all work just well as each other.