Kahlua Russian Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup kahlua
• 2 tablespoons vodka
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon kahlua
• 1 tablespoon vodka
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup graham cracker, crushed
• 1 (19 ounce) can dark sweet cherries, pitted
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 for cheesecake:.
• 2 beat cream cheese until smooth.
• 3 beat in sugar, salt and vanilla.
• 4 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
• 5 stir in kahlua and vodka.
• 6 pour onto crust.
• 7 set on baking sheet.
• 8 bake at 350ºf., for 35-45 minutes, depending on whether you have an electric stove or a gas stove.
• 9 my electric stove baked the cheesecake in 35 minutes.
• 10 cool 5 minutes. stir the sour cream, and then spread over cake top.
• 11 sprinkle coconut on top of sour cream
• 12 then pour cherry sauce onto top of cheesecake.
• 13 for caramel nut crust:.
• 14 in skillet, over low heat, stir 3 tablespoons butter with 3 tablespoons sugar.
• 15 add 1 tablespoon kahlua, then heat and stir for 2 minutes.
• 16 add 1/2 cup chopped pecans to 1/2 cup graham cracker crumb mix.
• 17 while mixture is warm, press in even layer in bottom of 9-inch spring form pan.
• 18 for kahlua cherry sauce:.
• 19 drain 1(19 ounce) can pitted dark sweet cherries in syrup, reserving syrup.
• 20 mix cherries, 1 tablespoon kahlua and 1 tablespoon stoli vodka, (you can use any brand of vodka.).
• 21 in pan, mix 2 tablespoons each sugar and cornstarch with dash salt which is about 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
• 22 stir in cherry syrup and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
• 23 cook, and stir until boiling, thick and clear.
• 24 add cherry mixture to top of cheesecake.
• 25 cool and enjoy.