Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 1⁄3 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup almonds, blanched, lightly toasted and chopped
- 1⁄2 cup Amaretto
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 cups sour cream
- 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup almonds, blanched, lightly toasted and chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter.
- Pat mixtur on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan. cream together the cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t vanilla.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a beating well after each addition.
- Beat mixture until light.
- Pour into cru lined pan.
- Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cra and knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Let stand on rack 5 minutes.
- Combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar.
- Mix well and spread evenly ove cake.
- Bake for 5 more minutes.
- Place on rack and let cool completely. cove lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight.
- When ready to serve, remov sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to of cake.
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