Karen's Chocolate Cheesecake
Recipe: #497
October 14, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Cheese, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Mothers Day, New Years Potluck, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Oven Bake, Cheesecake, Cream Cheese, Chocolate, more
"This is my sister in law's recipe. Very rich and quite impressive to serve. I have serf3ed this on a white plate with a tiny swirl of warm seedless raspberry jam and a fresh raspberry for a garnish."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (92.8 g)
- Calories 271.9
- Total Fat - 14.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.6 g
- Cholesterol - 78.6 mg
- Sodium - 512.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
- Sugars - 18.3 g
- Protein - 15.4 g
- Calcium - 354.8 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Mix graham cracker crumbs, 1/3 sugar and melted butter. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9" springform pan.
Step 2
Beat cream cheese, 3/4 sugar, cocoa and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Add eggs and blend well.
Step 4
Pour into prepared crust and bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until almost set.
Step 5
Remove from oven and cool. Cover and chill for several hours. Overnight is best.
Tips
No special items needed.