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                   Chocolate Frosted Marble Cheesecake

Recipe By     : Great American Home Baking   Card 8
Serving Size  : 16   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cheesecakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Crust:
   2      c             Chocolate wafer cookies --
                        - crumbs
   5      tb            Butter -- melted
                        Filling:
  24      oz            Cream cheese -- room temperature
   1      c             Sugar
   5      lg            Eggs
   2      oz            Semisweet chocolate -- melted
                        Frosting:
   6      oz            Semisweet chocolate -- melted
     1/2  c             Sour cream

Preheat oven to 300°F.

Crust:

In a medium bowl, mix together chocolate crumbs and melted butter
until well blended. Press into a 9" springform pan.

Filling:

In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar, and eggs at
medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Spoon half of cream cheese
mixture into crust.

Stir chocolate into remaining cream cheese mixture til well blended.
Drizzle over batter in crust to make swirls.

Bake cheesecake for 50 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack. Cool
completely.

Transfer cheesecake to a serving plate; cover with plastic wrap and
chill for 2 hours.

Frosting:

In a small bowl, mix together chocolate and sour cream. Spread over
cheesecake. Pipe decorative border if desired. Chill briefly until
frosting is set.


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