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Extreme Chocolate Cheesecake




Source of Recipe


Cheese Festival in Little Chute, WI


List of Ingredients




Crust:
2 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
2 tablespoons chocolate sugar (Chocolate sugar is sugar stored in an airtight container for at least 3 months with cocoa beans. Discard beans when using sugar.)
6 to 8 tablespoons butter, melted
White Chocolate Layer:
20 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup chocolate sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
8 ounces milk chocolate chips, melted
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Milk Chocolate Layer:
20 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup chocolate sugar
3 eggs
8 ounces white chocolate chips, melted
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Fudge Cake Layer:
1 store-bought fudge cake mix

Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
24 ounces dark chocolate chips




Recipe



Crust:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix all ingredients together and press into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
White Chocolate Layer:
Cream together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time then add remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Do not over mix. Pour white chocolate layer into a pan and refrigerate until you've finished mixing milk chocolate layer.

Milk Chocolate Layer:
Cream together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time then add remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Do not over mix. Pour milk chocolate layer on top of white chocolate layer and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes.

Fudge Cake Layer:
Prepare store bought cake mix as directed on package for 2 layer cake. Pour into 10-inch round battered and floured cake pan. Add batter until about 2/3 full and bake as directed. Remove from oven and cool. Torte cake by cutting it in 2 layers horizontally making about 1-inch cake layers. Put cooled, torted cake on top of cooled cheesecake.

Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
In a heavy pan heat whipping cream, butter and powdered sugar to a boil while whisking constantly. Place chips in a large stainless steel bowl, add hot cream mixture and let set for 5 minutes. Whisk together until smooth. Let cool until it reaches spreading consistency. Cover assembled cheesecake. Garnish with as much chocolate as you can stand.