Heavenly Chocolate Cheesecake

By JDARK

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1 cup ground toasted almonds
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Cake:
• 12 ounces milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• Topping:
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

Crust:
1. In large bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds, butter and sugar; mix well.
2. Pat firmly into a 9" springform pan, covering bottom of 2-1/2" up the sides; set aside.

Cake:
3. Melt chocolate chips over hot, not boiling, water; stir until smooth; set aside.
4. Pour milk into small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin on top; set aside for 1 minute.
5. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until gelatin dissolves; set aside.
6. In large bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream and melted chocolate chips; beat until fluffy.
7. Beat in gelatin mixture and almond extract.
8. Fold in whipped cream.
9. Pour into prepared pan; chill until firm (about 3 hours).
10. Run knife around edge of cake to separate from pan; remove rim.
11. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.