posted by luvcookin 07-13-98 9:12 AM
Black Forest Cheesecake
Chocolate Wafer Crust
1 1/4 cups finely crushed chocolate wafers
3 tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
In a small bowl stir together crumbs and sugar. Add melted butter. Stir till well combined. Press
crumb mixture evenly onto the sides of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
Black Forest Filling
24 ounces cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
5 tsp. cornstarch
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips,melted
1/2 cup cherry schnapps
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2/3 cup bing cherries, pitted, chopped, and drained
In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch. Beat with an electric mixer till smooth. Add eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in melted chocolate, cherry schnapps, and vanilla extract. Stir in cherries. Pour the cream cheese mixture over crust.
Bake at 350* for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 200* and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or till the center nolonger looks wet or shiny. Remove the cake from the oven and run a kife around the inside edge of the pan. Turn the oven off; return the cake to the oven for an additional 1 hour. chill, uncovered, overnight.
Chocolate Cherry Topping
1 cup cherry preserves
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. cornstarch
Chocolate ice cream topping
In a small saucepan sstir together cherry preserves, lemon juice, and cornstarch. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Pour over cheesecake. Drizzle with chocolate ice cream topping. chill till serving time. Makes 12 to 18 slices.
Note:
Sometimes it takes this cheesecake longer than 1 hour to set in the turned-off oven until it no longer looks shiny. Be patient... this chocolate and cherry dessert is well worth the wait.........