Coconut Cheesecake With Chocolate Ganache

Taylor Topp Comacho
Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook
USA

Coconut is another favorite of my family. This cheesecake has a light coconut flavor with a drizzle of decadent ganache.

Coconut Cheesecake With Chocolate Ganache

Coconut is another favorite of my family. This cheesecake has a light coconut flavor with a drizzle of decadent ganache.

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Ingredients

1 hour 10 mins
12 servings
  1. cheesecake
  2. 1 1/2 lbsoftened creamcheese. 3 , 8 ounce packages
  3. 2/3 cupsugar
  4. 3 largeeggs
  5. 1 tsppure vanilla extract
  6. 1/2 cupcoconut milk
  7. 4 tbspflour
  8. crust
  9. 2cups, about 10 ounces of finely chopped coconut cookies
  10. 4 tbspmelted butter
  11. ganache
  12. 1 cupdark chocolate chips
  13. 1/2 tspoil, unflavored.
  14. 1/2 cupheated heavy cream. Heat to just before boiling stage. I did substitute coconut milk for cream.

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 10 mins
  1. 1

    In a food processor, pulse cookies to a fine crumb. Pour in melted butter and mix well. Pour crumbs into a 10" spring form pan. With your hand, firmly press in crumbs. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Heat oven to 340°F while mixing batter.

  3. 3

    In a large mixing bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until sugar is well incorporated.

  4. 4

    Beat in eggs, one at a time.

  5. 5

    Add in vanilla and coconut milk.

  6. 6

    Fold in the flour until incorporated.

  7. 7

    Pour mixture over cookie crumb base. Place spring form on a baking tray. Place in oven then immediately drop oven temperature to 325°F.

  8. 8

    Bake for 60-65 minutes until center is just set.

  9. 9

    Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes then refrigerate at least four hours before serving.

  10. 10

    If you wish to use a chocolate ganache topping, prepare as following.

  11. 11

    Take 1 cup of dark chocolate chips and add to 1/2 cup of heated heavy cream. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add in 1/2 teaspoon oil. This adds shine to ganache. Cool ganache while cheesecake cools. Top cheesecake before refrigerating.

  12. 12

    Recipe by taylor68too.

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