Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
By palysa
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Ingredients
- Crust
- • 2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
- • 3 tablespoons butter (melted)
- Filling
- • 4 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese (softened)
- • 3 eggs
- • 3/4 cup sugar
- • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- • 1/2 cup whipping cream
- • 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
- Glaze
- • 1/2 cup whipping cream
- • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
Details
Servings 16
Preparation time 35mins
Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan
Step 2
In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar and almond extract until smooth. Add 1/2 cup whipping cream; blend well.
Step 3
Spoon 3 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture into crust-lined pan, spreading evenly. Carefully spoon 1 cup pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer (reserve remaining pie filling for topping). Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture evenly over pie filling.
Step 4
Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
Step 5
5 in 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
Step 6
Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on paper-lined cookie sheet. Spread glaze over cooled cheesecake, allowing some to flow down side.
Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Serve topped with remaining pie filling.
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