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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


posted by harper at rc


List of Ingredients





Vanilla cookie crust or Graham Cracker Crust (your recipe)
5 Squares semisweet Chocolate
3 pkg (8-oz each) Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 C Sugar
3 Eggs
1 t Vanilla
1 C Sour cream


Recipe





1. Prepare Vanilla Cookie Crust: press mixture evenly onto bottom and 2 inches up side of a buttered 9-inch springform pan.

2. Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling, water; cool.

3. Preheat oven to very slow (275F).

4. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in cooled melted chocolate and sour cream until blended. Pour into prepared pan.

5. Bake in preheated very slow oven (275F) for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Turn off heat; let cake cool in oven with door ajar. Remove from oven to wire rack; cool to room temperature; refrigerate.



Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls, if you wish.