Delightfully Twisted Cheesecake
From jo_jo_ba 17 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 16
Always a favourite pairing of flavours, this luscious cheesecake stars a delectable blend of orange and chocolate
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups crushed chocolate wafer cookies shopping list
- ¼ cup orange juice shopping list
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips shopping list
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 2/3 cup white sugar shopping list
- 1/3 cup cornstarch shopping list
- 3 eggs, room temperature shopping list
- ½ cup frozen (thawed) orange juice concentrate shopping list
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange zest shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix the cookie crumbs and orange juice together in a bowl. Press mixture evenly into the bottom of 9 inch springform pan.
- Melt chocolate chips, set aside.
- Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch together in a mixing bowl until smooth.
- Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly blended.
- Stir in the orange juice concentrate, Grand Marnier, orange zest and vanilla.
- Reserve 1 cup of the cream cheese mixture and set aside.
- Pour the remaining mixture over the prepared crust.
- Stir the melted chocolate chips into the reserved 1 cup cream cheese mixture.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the orange filling, and swirl with a knife.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- Lower heat to 225 F, and bake 75 to 85 minutes.
- Turn the oven off, and open the oven door; allow cheesecake to cool in the oven at least 45 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and refrigerate, uncovered, for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
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Reviewed by 2 people-
Love orange and chocolate. YUM
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