Flourless Cheesecake-Filled Chocolate Cake
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- 3-1/4 cups water
- 1-1/2 qt. sugar, divided
- 38 squares bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 32 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, finely chopped
- 32 each eggs
- 1-1/2 qt. butter, melted
- 4 tsp. vanilla
- Cheesecake
- PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened
- 1-1/3 cups sugar
- 1-2/3 cups heavy cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 5 each whole eggs
- 2 each egg yolks
- 40 each OREO Chocolate Wafer Cookies
- Flourless Chocolate Cake: Bring water and 1 qt.
- sugar (or 1 cup sugar for trial recipe) to boil in medium saucepan on medium heat; cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Add chocolates; stir until melted.
- Beat eggs and remaining sugar in 6-qt.
- bowl of mixer fitted with paddle attachment 3 min.
- or until well blended.
- Whisk in chocolate mixture, butter and vanilla.
- Cheesecake: Beat cream cheese in 6-qt.
- bowl of mixer fitted with paddle attachment on medium speed 1 min.
- Add sugar; beat 2 min.
- or until well blended.
- Add cream and vanilla; mix well.
- Gradually add whole eggs and yolks, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended.
- Butter 40 (3-inch) cake rings (or butter 10 rings for trial recipe).
- Place in parchment paper-lined full-sheet pan (or in lined half-sheet pan for trial recipe).
- Add 2 slightly rounded #20 scoops (about 4.7 oz.)
- of the chocolate cake batter to each ring.
- Top each with #20 scoop (about 1.7 oz.)
- of the cheesecake batter, pressing scoop gently into cake batter so that it rises around the cheesecake batter.
- Place full steamtable pan filled with hot water on bottom rack of 325 degrees F standard oven.
- Place pan of cheesecakes on top rack.
- Bake 25 to 30 min.
- or until cakes start to puff over tops of rings.
- Cool cakes completely in rings in pan.
- Dip paring knife in warm water; run around edge of each cake in cake ring.
- Carefully remove cake rings.
- Use spatula to place 1 cake on each cookie.
- Wrap individually in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/flourless-cheesecake-filled-chocolate-cake-124128.aspx (may not work)