Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

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Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

Can you believe I’m actually posting holiday-related desserts on time? St. Patrick’s day is a great excuse to make this cheesecake, although you may want to make it year-round, because it’s so good. When I saw this recipe for Guinness caramel sauce, I knew at once that I wanted to put it on top of a cheesecake.

The sauce was like sweet, bitter and salty at the same time. It did taste like beer, which I don’t really like, but it worked great on the cheesecake.

Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

I also used up the chance to work on my cheesecake skills. I don’t bake a lot of cheesecakes since I prefer the mousse type (although I don’t have a recipe up yet, must correct that!) But lately I’ve seen a lot of amazing recipes online (such as this bourbon banana pudding cheesecake that was so good) and I guess the cheesecake baking bug hit me. What I don’t like about baked cheesecakes is that they can be a little dense, so I made sure this one wouldn’t be the case.

I know most people try not to incorporate a lot of air into their cheesecakes to prevent cracking (which happens when the cheesecake rises in the oven and then collapses, like a souffle). I went the opposite way and whipped the cheese, whipped the egg whites, and whipped the cream. To my surprise the cake didn’t rise or crack at all, in fact it shrunk a bit as you can see. But it was so creamy and light :)

Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

My cake was a little underdone in the middle so I had trouble getting a neat slice. I came back home after lunch at my grandma’s with about half of the cake, then at night I place the remaining 1/3 in the freezer, to try and get a clean slice and some good shots in the morning.   Well, it didn’t happen cause the cake was gone when I woke up. I told my mom, ‘didn’t you know I was going to take pictures?’, and she was like ‘ah, I wondered why you had placed the cake in the freezer’. It was that good.

Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

Recipe by Sabor Pastel
Yield: one 8 inch cake

For the crust:

120 g / 4 oz cookies (I used some honey cookies)
50 g / 2 oz melted butter

1. Grind the cookies in a food processor, until they turn into a fine crumb. Add the melted butter and pulse until incorporated.
2. Spray an 8 in springform pan with baking spray, and press the cookie crumbs tightly on the bottom. Refrigerate the crust while you make the cheesecake batter.

For the batter:

600 g / 21 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup whipping cream

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2. Pour the cream in a medium bowl and beat it until it forms soft peaks. Reserve
3. Pour the egg whites in a large bowl and beat them until they form soft peaks. Reserve
4. In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium speed for 3 minutes.
5. Slowly add in the sugar, and mix for another 3 minutes.
6. Add the egg yolks one at a time, mixing for 1 minutes after each addition. Add in the vanilla extract and the salt.
7. Remove the batter from the stand mixer and fold in the whipped cream.
8. Fold in the whipped egg whites, trying not to lose much air.
9. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and cover the bottom and side of the pan with foil. Place the pan in a deep, slightly bigger pan, and fill it halfway with boiling water. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, until the edges are set and the center is very slightly jiggly.
10. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake to cool for 1 hour. Take the cheesecake out of the oven and refrigerate at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.

For the sauce:

1 1/2 cup stout
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt

1. Mix the stout and brown sugar in a medium pot. Cook at medium heat, stirring often, until the sauce thickens – about 10 minutes.
2. Mix in the salt, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
3. Refrigerate until cool, then distribute on top of the cheesecake.


18 thoughts on “Salted Guinness Sauce Cheesecake

  1. I found you at the Wake Up Wednesday Link Party. This cheesecake looks really good. I make a Guinnes reduction sauce with Guinness and sugar for a dipping sauce for bread, pancakes and more. It’s good, but this sauce looks even better. I generally don’t make cheesecake, but would force myself to make this treat. Yum!
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    • Thanks Nicky! That sounds so good on pancakes. I thought the sauce worked great with the cheesecake but I’m sure it’d work with many other desserts as well. Right now I’m thinking chocolate poke cake…

    • You should definitely give cheesecake a try! It’s really easy and satisfying, the only bad part is waiting for it to cool overnight. I do all the whipping here to make it extra airy, but if you mix everything together it will be fine too. Good luck!

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