Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
From whodunitrdr 15 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This rich, marbled cheesecake is a great addition to any dessert table. The combination of orange and chocolate is a classic.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs shopping list
- 1/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter; melted shopping list
- 3/8 cup semisweet chocolate; melted shopping list
- 24 ounces cream cheese; softened shopping list
- 1 1/3 cups sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh orange juice shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon grated orange rind shopping list
How to make it
- Combine chocolate wafer crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and melted butter.
- Press onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan that has been sprayed with pan release spray.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes, remove from oven.
- Melt chocolate and reserve.
- Combine softened cream cheese and sugar in mixer, mix until smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix just until blended (do not overbeat).
- Add orange juice and rind and combine.
- Reserve 1 1/4 cups batter, pour remainder into pan.
- Mix melted chocolate into reserved batter, then swirl chocolate batter through batter in pan for a marbled effect.
- Bake for 1 hour, then turn oven off and leave in oven for an additional 20 minutes.
- Cool cheesecake in refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight before serving.
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