Chocolate Cheesecake

By RossanaV

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 T. sugar
• 2 oz. melted butter
• Filling:
• 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup rum
• 1 lb. cream cheese
• 3/4 cup extra fine sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 T. vanilla
• 4 extra large eggs

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 80mins

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
Line outside of springform pan with aluminum foil, shiny side out. Butter inside of pan. Mix graham cracker crumbs with sugar and melted butter and press evenly into pan. Refrigerate.

Filling:
Melt chocolate with rum over low heat (1 min.) and set aside.

With electric mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar, sour cream and vanilla extract. Add eggs, one at a time. Mix well, place bowl over hot water and stir until smooth over hot water. Pour 10 oz. batter into another bowl and set aside.

Mix remaining batter with chocolate using a whisk, then stir until smooth over hot water.

Take springform pan from refrigerator and fill with chocolate batter. Gently pour plain batter over top and make swirls in batter with a fork.

Bake at 325F for 50 mins. in a water bath. Cool to room temp. remove rim and refrigerate overnight.