Cafe Au Lait Cheesecake
- 1 3/4 cups chocolate wafers
- 13 cup margarine
- 2 ounces chocolate chopped
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon coffee
- 2 tablespoons liqueur coffee flavor, such as kahlua
- 24 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs slightly beaten
- Crust: in mixing bowl, combine crushed waters and melted margarine or butter.
- Press mixture evenly onto the bottom and 2 inch up sides of an ungreased 8 inch springform pan.
- Place the pan on a baking sheet.
- Chill until needed.
- In a small saucepan combine the chocolate, water and instant espresso.
- Cook and stir over Low heat until chocolate starts to melts.
- Remove form heat.
- Stir until smooth.
- Stir in liqueur or water and cool.
- In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla with electric mixer on until smooth.
- Add eggs all at once, beating on Low speed just until mixed.
- DO NOT OVERBEAT.
- Reservee 2 cups of the cream cheese mixture.
- Cover and chill.
- Stir cooled chocolate-coffee mixture into the remaining cream cheese mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Pour chocolate mixture into crust.
- Bake in a 350F (180C).
- oven for 30 minutes or until sides are set (center will be soft).
- Remove reserved mixture form refrigerator 10 minutes before needed.
- Gently pull out oven rack just far enough to reach the inside of the pan.
- Carefully pour reserved mxture in a ring over the outside edge of the chocolate mixture (where chocolate mixture is set.
- Gently spread evenly over entire surface.
- Bake cheesecake for 20 to 25 minutes more or until center appears nearly set when gently shaken.
- Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
- Loosen sides of the cheesecake from the pan.
chocolate wafers, margarine, chocolate, water, coffee, liqueur coffee flavor, cream cheese, sugar, flour, vanilla, eggs
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cafe-au-lait-cheesecake-47473 (may not work)