Chocolate-Orange Marble Cheesecake
- 1 pkg. (9 oz.) chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed
- 6 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted
- 3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 5 eggs
- 2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
- 2 tsp. grated orange zest
- Preheat oven to 300F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 275F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan).
- Mix wafer crumbs and margarine.
- Remove 1/2 cup of the crumb mixture; set aside.
- Press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and 1-1/2 inches up side of pan.
- Refrigerate while preparing filling.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
- Remove 1 cup of the batter; place in medium bowl.
- Add chocolate and the reserved crumb mixture; mix well.
- Set aside.
- Stir orange zest into remaining batter; pour into prepared crust.
- Top with spoonfuls of the chocolate batter.
- Cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect.
- Bake 50 min.
- to 1 hour or until center is almost set.
- Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
- Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
- Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
chocolate wafer cookies, margarine, philadelphia cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, eggs, chocolate, orange zest
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chocolate-orange-marble-cheesecake-54984.aspx (may not work)