Recipe#8509

Title: Chocolate 16

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chocolate Cheesecake 
 Date: 31 Aug 1998 14:03:14 -0500 
 Message-ID: <6ses1i$253@bonkers.taronga.com> 

2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
 5 tablespoons melted margarine
 3 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
 1 cup granulated sugar
 5 large egge, (or substitutes)
 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
 6 ounces semisweeet chocolate, melted
 1/2 cup sour cream
 In a medium bowl, mix together chocolate crumbs and melted margarine
 until well blended.  Press into a 9-inch springform pan.
 Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
 In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and eggs at
 medium speed until smooth and fluffy.  Spoon 3 cups mixture onto
 crust.  Stir chocolate into remaining mixture until well blended.
 Drizzle over batter in crust to make swirls.
 Bake cheesecake for 1 hour.  Transfer pan to wire rack.  Cool
 completely.  Tranfer cheesecake to a serving plate, cover with
 plastic wrap, and chill for 2 hours.  Uncover cheesecake; carefully
 remove the side of pan.
 In a small bowl, mix together chocolate and sour cream.  Spread
 over top of cheesecake.  Chill briefly until frosting is set.
 Store in refrigerator.
 Yields: 1 nine inch cheesecake