Chocolate Cheesecake

By ezunich

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 5 tbs butter, melted
• Filling:
• 3 (8 oz pkgs) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 oz (2 squares) semisweet chocolate, melted
• Frosting:
• 6 oz (6 squares) semisweet chocolate, melted
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
In a medium bowl, mix together chocolate crumbs and melted butter until well blended. Press into a 9 inch springform pan.

Filling:
Preheat oven to 300°.
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 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.

Frosting:
In a small bowl, mix together chocolate and sour cream. Spread over cheesecake. Chill briefly until frosting is set.