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chocolate cheesecake slice

Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

Try this creamy and rich chocolate cheesecake with a tasty cookie crust. This is a favorite among the family simply because of the chocolate! I recommend using this recipe when you are in the mood to divulge into your favorite chocolate!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cooling Time 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 600
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Crust
  • 24 Chocolate chip cookies
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter melted
Chocolate Cheesecake
  • ¼ cup coffee hot
  • 1¼ cup semisweet chocolate
  • ½ cup bittersweet chocolate
  • 24 oz cream cheese 3 packages
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs large
  • 3 Tbsp All purpose flour
Chocolate Ganache
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate
  • ½ cup heavy cream
Chocolate Whipped Cream
  • 1½ cup heavy cream
  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 Tbsp cocoa powder

Equipment

  • 9" Springform Pan

Method
 

Crust
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Add Oreo cookies to a food processor and crush until the crumbs are fine.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine Oreo cookies and melted butter and stir.
  4. Press crumbs into the bottom and sides of the springform pan.
  5. Bake the crust for about 10 minutes or until darker color, set aside to cool.
Filling
  1. Place chocolate chips in a bowl and pour hot coffee on top. Mix then microwave for 25 seconds, stir, and repeat until chocolate is melted.
  2. Add room temperature cream cheese to a bowl and beat until creamy and smooth. (Use a stand or hand mixer)
  3. Add sugar and salt to the mix and continue to mix until creamy.
  4. Add sour cream and vanilla extract. Mix then add eggs one by one while mixing. Sprinkle in flour afterwards and continue to mix until smooth.
  5. Pour melted chocolate and mix. Scrape the sides of bowl if needed.
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan. Fill the batter near the top of the pan.
  7. Place springform pan on a baking sheet and bake at 325°F for 25 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300°F and bake for another 25 minutes. The edge of the cake should be firm. Turn off oven.
  8. Let cake rest in oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool the cake overnight, cove with towel.
Ganache
  1. Melt chocolate and heavy cream in a microwave for 15 seconds then transfer to a bowl.
  2. Spread ganache onto cake and refrigerate the cake after.
Chocolate Whipped Cream
  1. Add the cold cream, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar to mixer. Sift the cocoa powder then mix with a whisk until semi fine.
  2. Pour whipped cream to a piping bag with a star attachment and decorate the cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 600kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 11gFat: 50gSaturated Fat: 30gCholesterol: 210mgSodium: 500mgPotassium: 301mgFiber: 1gSugar: 49gVitamin A: 1968IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 189mgIron: 4mg
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