Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

By laurie-2

Ingredients

• crust
• 24 choc wafer cookies
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1/4 c butter melted
• filling
• 9.7 oz bar sharffenberger bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 4 eight oz pkgs cream cheese, at room temp.
• 1 1/4 + 2 tbs sugar
• 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 eggs
• Topping
• 3/4 c whipping cream
• 6 oz bittersweet choc chopped
• 1 tbs sugar

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

crust

preheat oven 350
butter 9" springform pan. blend cookies in processor until finely ground. Blend in sugar. Add melted butter and parocess until well blended. press into bottom of pan. Bake until set about 5 minutes.

filling

Stir chopped chocolate in metal bowl over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove bowl and cool chocolate until lukewarm but still pourable. blend cream cheese, sugar, and cocoa powder in processor until smooth. Blend in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in lukewarm chocolate. Pour filling over crust, smooth top. Bake until center is just set and appears dry, about 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes. Chill overnight.

Topping

Stir creamm 6 oz chocolate and sigar in heavy saucepan over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly. Pour over center of cheesecake, spreadng to within 1/2 of edge and filling any cracks. Chill until topping is set, about an hour.

Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover w/ foil and keep refrigerated.

Release pan sides, transfer to platter and chop with chocolate curls.