CHEESE CAKE: This is basic cheese cake with a nice twist. Hope you'll like it.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE:

 

 

 

crust: 1 quantity of basic cheesecake crust, see recipe

filling:

    8 oz semi-sweet chocolate                          

    3 eggs

    3 pkgs. (250gm each) cream cheese, softened                  

    ¾ cup sugar                                                            

    1 tsp. vanilla extract                                    

    ¼ tsp. salt

    1 cup sour cream

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out pastry to between ¼-inch thickness to fit a 9-10-inch spring-form pan. Bake blind for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.

 

To make filling: Beat cheese with sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Melt chocolate and add into cream cheese mixture. Add sour cream and mix in well. Pour into half-baked crust. Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven and let cake remain for 1 more hour.

 

Remove from oven and cool completely before removing cake from baking pan. Refrigerate overnight or freeze cooled cake until needed.