Recipe#8494
Title: Chocolate 01
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipesSubject: Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake
Message-ID: <3QET0HE@taronga.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 23:02:06 GMT
Chocolate-Lover's Cheesecake
1 1/2 cups finely crushed chocolate wafers6 tablespoons butter, melted
3 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
4 squares (4 ounces) semisweet chocolate, melted
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 square (1 ounce) semisweet chocolate
1 teaspoon butter
For crust, in a bowl combine chocolate wafer crumbs and melted
butter. Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom and 1 3/4 inches up
sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
For filling, in a large mixer bowl beat cream cheese till creamy.
Combine sugar, flour and salt; stir into the cream cheese mixture.
Add eggs all at once. Beat just till combined. DO NOT OVERBEAT.
Stir in the 4 squares melted chocolate, moik and vanilla till
combined. Turn into crumb-lined pan.
Bake in a 325 oven for 60 minutes or till center appears set.
Remove from oven; cool 15 minutes. Loosen sides of pan. Cover
and chill at least 2 hours.
In a small saucepan over low heat melt the 1 square semisweet
chocolate and butter. Drizzle in lattice design atop cheesecake.
Chill till chocolate is set. Makes 12 servings.