Scott's Recipe

Cakes - Chocolate Cheesecake

Category: Desserts, Cakes & Pies

***CRUST
2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
5 Tbsp butter, melted

***FILLING
3 (8oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temp
1 cup granulated sugar
5 large eggs
2 oz. (2 squares) semisweet chocolate, melted

***FROSTING
6 oz. (6 squares) semisweet chocolate, melted
1/2 cup sour cream


1. To prepare crust, in a medium bowl, mix together chocolate crumbs and melted butter until well blended. Press into a 9" springform pan.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
3. To prepare filling, 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.
4. Stir chocolate into remaining cream cheese mixture until well blended. Drizzle over batter in crust to make swirls.
5. Bake cheesecake for 50 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack. Cool completely.
6. Transfer cheesecake to a serving plate, cover with plastic wrap, and chill for two hours.
7. Uncover cheesecake; carefully remove the side of pan.
8. To prepare frosting, in a small bowl, mix together chocolate and sour cream. Spread over cheesecake. Chill briefly until frosting is set.