Royal Marble Cheesecake
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sour cream
- Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, over hot water.
- Combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt.
- Cut in butter until particles are fine.
- Stir in 2 tablespoons chocolate.
- Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream 1 cup of sugar and the cream cheese.
- Blend in 1/4 cup flour and the vanilla extract.
- Add the egg yolks and beat well.
- Blend in the sour cream.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
- Fold the beaten egg whites into the cream cheese mixture, making sure it is thoroughly mixed.
- Combine the remaining chocolate mixture with 1 3/4 cups of the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour 1/2 of remaining cream cheese mixture into prepared crust.
- Spoon 1/2 of chocolate mixture over the top of the cream cheese mixture in the crust.
- Pour the remaining cream cheese mixture over the top of this and then spoon on the remaining chocolate mixture.
- Cut through the batter with a spatula to create the marble effect.
- Put the cheesecake into the 400 degree oven and immediately turn the oven down to 300 degrees.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Turn the oven off and let the cheese sit in the closed oven for 1 hour.
- Cool on a rack away from drafts for 2-3 hours.
- Chill at least 6 hours before serving.
- To cut, use a wet, hot, sharp knife.
semisweet chocolate morsel, flour, sugar, sugar, salt, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, eggs, sour cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/royal-marble-cheesecake-101108 (may not work)