Irish Cream Chocolate Cheesecake!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Yippee, and here is a DECADENT finale to your Corned Beef and Cabbage FEAST:
(serves 12)

1&1/2 cups Oreo* crumbs (put the cookies in a baggie, and roll a soup can over and over*)
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup butter

24 oz. cream cheese, softened
1&1/4 cups white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 T. flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup Irish Cream Liqueur
Whipped cream*
Green food coloring - mint, if you can find it*

Preheat over to 350. In a large bowl, mix together the cookie crumbs, confectioners' sugar, and 1/3 cup cocoa powder. Add melted butter and stir until well mixed. Pat into the bottom of a 9" spring form pan. Bake for 10 mins.; set aside to cool. Increase oven temp. to 450. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, and flour. Whisk* until well blended and smooth. Add eggs - one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in the sour cream and Irish cream liqueur. Pour filling over crust; bake for 10 mins. Reduce heat to 250, and continue baking for 1 hour. With a knife, loosen cake from rim of pan. Let cool, then remove the rim of pan. Chill before serving. Mix whipped cream with 4 drops of green food coloring. Put in a baggie and cut out a small corner. Decorate slices with a shamrock.

Make sure you wear GREEN today so you won't get pinched!!

An Irish Blessing ~  "May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand."

Ya Gotta have FUN on St. Patty's Day - it's a RULE of Life!!!

Love,

MM