Chocolate Frosted Cheesecake
- 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 5 tbsp. butter, melted
- 1-1/2 lb. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted
- 6 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- To prepare crust, in a medium bowl, mix together chocolate crumbs and melted butter until well blended.
- Press into a 9-inch springform pan.
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- To prepare filling, in a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and eggs at Medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
- Spoon half of cream cheese mixture into crust.
- Stir chocolate into remaining cream cheese mixture until well blended.
- Drizzle over batter in crust to make swirls.
- Bake cheesecake for 50 minutes.
- Transfer pan to a wire rack.
- Cool completely.
- Transfer cheesecake to a serving plate, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.
- Uncover cheesecake.
- Carefully remove the side of pan.
- To prepare frosting in a small bowl,mix together chocolate and sour cream.
- Spread over cheesecake.
- Can make decorative edges.
- Chill briefly until frosting is set.C heesecake can be made 2-3 days in advance and kept, covered with plastic wrap, in the refrigerator or the cake can be frozen for up to 3 weeks.
- Defrost before serving.
chocolate wafer crumbs, butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, semisweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, sour cream
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1814 (may not work)