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Double Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
- 8 ounces good bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup amaretto
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- FOR GANACHE:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
This is a rich and indulgent chocolate cheesecake made doubly delicious topped with a decadent chocolate ganache.
Why Try? If you have not tried a chocolate cheesecake before, now is the time, and this is the one.
Foodie Byte: Use the very best chocolate you can afford. Pouring the ganache over the cake makes this dessert a perfect choice for special occasions.
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 300ºF.
- Combine chocolate crumbs, butter and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Press into bottom and 1-inch up the sides of an 8-inch Springform pan. Chill.
- In a medium size bowl beat cream cheese, on high speed, until creamy.
- Gradually mix in sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add melted chocolate, sour cream, amaretto, vanilla extract and almond extract, beating until smooth.
- Pour into prepared crust.
- Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven; partially open the door, and let cool, in oven, for 1 hour.
- Remove cheesecake from oven, and let cool to room temperature in pan on a wire rack; cover and chill at least 8 hours. Carefully remove sides of Springform pan.
- For the ganache, cook the heavy cream, chocolate chips, and instant coffee in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.
- Spread over cheesecake.
Nutritional Information
Calories 598, Carbohydrates 52g, Cholesterol 124mg, Fat 41g, Fat Calories 370, Fiber 1g, Protein 6g, Saturated Fat 25g, Sodium 295mg. Daily Values: Calcium 79.05mg 8%, Phos 113.98mg 11%, Copper 0.14mg 7%, Zinc 0.72mg 5%, Panto 0.51mg 5%, Biotin 3.28mcg 1093%, Iodine 7.1mcg 5%, Magnesium 27.22mg 7%, Iron 1.34mg 7%, Vitamin B6 3%, Vitamin C 0%, Vitamin B12 5%, Vitamin D 7%, Vit E-a-Toco 2%, Vitamin A 21%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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