Ingredients: |
Ingredients: For crust:
1 9 oz box of chocolate wafer cookies
6 Tbsp (3/4 stick) butter, melted
For filling:
1 & 1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tsp instant coffee powder
12 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 large eggs
For glaze:
1/2 dup whipping cream
4. oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
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Directions: |
Directions:Make Crust:
Preheat oven to 350º
Wrap outside of 9 inch diameter springform pan with 2 3/4 inch high sides with double thickness of foil.
Spray bottom of pan with vegetable oil spray.
Finely grind cookies in processor. Add butter and process until blended.
Press mixture onto bottom (not sides) of prepared pan Refrigerate while preparing filling.
Make filling:
Combine cream and coffee powder in midsize saucepan.. Stir over medium heat until powder dissolves.
Reduce heat to low. Add chocolate; whisk until chocolate mixture melts and is smooth.
Cool 10 minutes
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Beat in cornstarch. Add sour cream and vanilla; beat well. Add eggs, one at a time,beating just until blended after each egg added. Whisk 1 cup cheese mixture into chocolate mixture. Return chocolate mixture to remaining cheese mixture-- whisk until smooth.
Pour batter into crust. Place pan in larger baking pan. Add enough hot water to come hallway up sides.
Bake cheesecake until softly set and slightly pulled around edges, about 1 hour.
Turn off oven. Let cake stand in oven 45 minutes. Transfer pan to rack and cool. Cover, Chill overnight.
Make glaze:
Bring cream to boil in heavy small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add 4 oz chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Pour glaze over top of chilled cake. Using spatula, mouth evenly over top.
Refrigerate until glaze is set, at least 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate.
Using knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake. Remove pan sides. Cut into wedges and serve. |
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