Rippled Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients
| Regular all-purpose flour | ||
| Granulated sugar | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Unsweetened chocolate | 3 | |
| 3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened | ||
| Vanilla extract | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Eggs | 6 | |
| Sour cream | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
Day before: Preheat oven to 400°F.
Combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt.
With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in 1 envelope chocolate; press over bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan; bake 10 minutes.
Remove from oven; turn oven heat up to 500°F.
Meanwhile, in large bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, blend cream cheese with 1 cup sugar until smooth; blend in 1/4 cup flour and vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; beat in sour cream.
In small bowl, combine cups of cheese mixture with rest of chocolate.
Pour half of plain cheese mixture over baked crust in pan.
Drizzle half of chocolate mixture over top; cover with remaining plain mixture, then drizzle on rest of chocolate mixture.
With spatula, cut through batter to marbleize.
Bake 12 minutes; lower oven heat to 200°F.; bake 1 hour.
Cool away from drafts 2 to 3 hours; refrigerate at least 8 hours.
Remove side of pan.
With two spatulas, gently lift cake from bottom of pan to cake plate.
To cut, use sharp knife which has been run under hot water.
This is a rich cake.
Combine 3/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt.
With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in 1 envelope chocolate; press over bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan; bake 10 minutes.
Remove from oven; turn oven heat up to 500°F.
Meanwhile, in large bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, blend cream cheese with 1 cup sugar until smooth; blend in 1/4 cup flour and vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; beat in sour cream.
In small bowl, combine cups of cheese mixture with rest of chocolate.
Pour half of plain cheese mixture over baked crust in pan.
Drizzle half of chocolate mixture over top; cover with remaining plain mixture, then drizzle on rest of chocolate mixture.
With spatula, cut through batter to marbleize.
Bake 12 minutes; lower oven heat to 200°F.; bake 1 hour.
Cool away from drafts 2 to 3 hours; refrigerate at least 8 hours.
Remove side of pan.
With two spatulas, gently lift cake from bottom of pan to cake plate.
To cut, use sharp knife which has been run under hot water.
This is a rich cake.
Chef
