Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake from a cozy mystery novel: The Last Suppers
Rich classic baked cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
- 9 ounces chocolate wager cookies
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Filling
- 8 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 24 ounces cream cheese (3 8oz packages)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup Amaretto liqueur
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Whirl the chocolate cookies in a blender until they form crumbs.
- Mix with the melted butter.
- Press into the bottom and sides of a buttered 10-inch springform pan and refrigerate until you're ready to fill and bake.
- In the top of a double boiler over boiling water, melt the chocolate.
- Set aside to cool.
- In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the eggs and sugar and beat until well incorporated.
- Stir a small amount of this mixture into the chocolate to loosen.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the cream cheese mixture and stir well.
- Stir in the Amaretto, vanilla, and cream.
- Stir until all ingredients are well mixed.
- Pour the filling into the prepared crust and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until the cheesecake is puffed slightly and no longer jiggles in the center.
- Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
- Take the cheesecake out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving for ease of slicing.
- Remove the sides of the pan and cut with a sharp knife.
- If the cheesecake is hard to slice, hold a long, unflavored piece of dental floss in 2 hands and carefully saw through the cake to cut even pieces.