Recipe#8499

Title: Chocolate 06

From: SHARON SCAIRPON scairpon@bms.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chocolate Cheesecake 
 Date: 21 Mar 1994 13:18:19 -0500 
 Message-ID: <2mkodb$rgg@s.ms.uky.edu> 

2 pkgs. (8.5 oz.each) chocolate cookies
 1/2 cup butter, melted                
 4 eggs   
 16 oz. semisweet chocolate          
 2 T cocoa
 1/4 cup sweet butter, melted
 1/2 t cinnamon
 1 cup sugar
 1 1/2 lbs. cream cheese, softened
 1 t vanilla extract
 3 cups sour cream
 In a blender, or with a rolling pin, crush the chocolate cookies.
 You should have about 2 cups.  Mix with cinnamon and the half cup
 of melted butter.  Press crumbs firmly to the bottom and side of
 a 9" spring form pan.  Chill.
 Beat sugar with eggs until light & fluffy.  Add the cream cheese
 gradually, beating well after each addition.  Melt the chocolate
 and add to the egg mixture along with the vanilla, cocoa, and sour
 cream, beating constantly.  Add the melted sweet butter.  Mix well.
 Pour the mixture into the chilled pie shell and bake in a 350 degree
 F.  oven for 45 minutes.  Chill overnight in the refrigerator.
 To serve, remove from spring form pan and decorate with chocolate
 shavings or candied violets and whipped cream.  This is a very rich
 cake so serve in small slices.  Serves about 20.