Dark Chocolate Layer Cheesecake
- 1 cup pecans (chopped)
- 6 cookies (dark chocolate crushed)
- 1 teaspoon butter (to coat pan melted)
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 14 cup coffee, strong brewed
- 34 lb cream cheese
- 34 cup sugar
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 lb cream cheese
- 34 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 14 teaspoon allspice
- 14 teaspoon cinnamon
- 13 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 12 ounces chocolate (chopped)
- Directions.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat a 9x13-inch round springform pan with melted butter.
- Mix pecans and deep dark chocolate cookies together and press 1 cup of the mixture into springform pan.
- For the dark chocolate cheesecake melt semi sweet chocolate in a double boiler.
- Then mix melted chocolate and coffee together and set aside.
- Mix together cream cheese, sugar and salt and add eggs, one at a time, then add vanilla extract.
- Add melted chocolate and pour into springform pan and keep at room temperature.
- For the pumpkin cheesecake, line a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment paper and butter both (pan and paper).
- Mix together the pumpkin puree, cream cheese, sugar flour and eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla extract, all spice, cinnamon, and ground cloves.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake both cheesecakes at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- Turn off oven and leave cakes in oven for 20 minutes longer.
- Take out and keep at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Put chocolate cheesecake in the fridge and keep pumpkin cheesecake at room temperature.
- For semi-sweet ganache, bring to a boil: heavy whipping cream, butter and sugar.
- Add chopped chocolate and whisk.
- Pour 1 cup of ganache over chocolate cheesecake and top with pumpkin cheesecake.
- Put in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Take out of freezer and glaze with remaining ganache and pat remaining crust on sides.
- Keep Refrigerated!
- Serving Size.
- 8-10.
- Preparation Time.
- 30 minutes.
- Cooking Time.
- 2 hours.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/dark-chocolate-layer-cheesecake-357617 (may not work)