Cheesecake for Chums

Our friends Y and J invited us over for dinner last weekend, and as usual, I volunteered to contribute dessert! It had been ages since I had last made a cheesecake, one of my favorite comfort foods...and it was just one of those weeks when a good cheesecake was just what I needed. My friends and I would experiment with different flavors in college, and this time I tried coffee Kahlua. Here is my recipe!

Eggless Coffee Kahlua Cheesecake

Ingredients:

16oz of cream cheese at room temp (2 packs)

8oz of sour cream

1/2 cup sugar

1.5 tbsp of finely ground coffee

1/3 cup Kahlua

1 chocolate graham crust

Vanilla frosting to decorate (optional)

Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar. Add the coffee to 1/4 cup of boiling water, and let brew for 3-5mins. Add the coffee mixture (including grounds) and Kahlua to the cream cheese mixture. Pour into the crust and make for 60min at 375°F. Let cool in refrigerator for at least 1h before serving. I piped on a quick rose with vanilla frosting, just for fun!

They don't wants us to write this post...

...but what are we gonna do? We're going to to write this blog post! My husband, A, is obsessed with Snapchat sensation @djkhaled, so #majorkeyalert: when making a cake for someone, play to their current obsessions.   

This was a chocolate, coffee, Bourbon cake...all of his favorites for his big 3-0! 

Here is the semi-homemade recipe:

Ingredients:
1 box of Duncan Hines Devil's Food Cake Mix
1/3 cup Bourbon
1 cup of milk
3 tbsp of extremely finely ground coffee
Cream cheese frosting to decorate

Mix together all of the cake ingredients with an electric whip. Bake at 350°F for 26min. Frost and enjoy!