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Coconut: Chocolate Coconut Cheesecake

Source of Recipe

www.ichef.com


List of Ingredients

1 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
16 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
1 1/3 cups coconut flakes
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons brandy


Recipe

Mix crumbs, sugar, and butter together. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350ºF for 10 minutes. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring until smooth. Cool. Beat cream cheese, sugar and salt at medium until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Blend in chocolate mixture and coconut. Pour over crust. Bake at 350ºF for 50 minutes. Reduce oven to 300ºF. Mix sour cream, sugar, and brandy together. Carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan. Completely cool before removing rim. Refrigerate. Garnish this with toasted coconut flakes.