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Crust: 3 cups crushed chocolate graham crackers (about 20 sheets) 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted Cheesecake: 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup coffee liqueur 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 large eggs 4 (1-ounce) squares bittersweet baking chocolate Mocha Sauce: 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup whipping cream 1 tablespoon butter or margarine 1/4 cup strong brewed coffee Stir together crushed graham crackers and butter; press mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool crust in pan on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add coffee liqueur, coffee granules, and 1 teaspoon vanilla, beating at low speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Remove and reserve 1 cup cream cheese mixture. Pour remaining batter into prepared crust. Microwave chocolate squares in a medium-size glass bowl 1 minute or until melted, stirring after 30 seconds; let cool slightly. Stir reserved 1 cup cream cheese mixture into melted chocolate, blending well. Spoon chocolate mixture in lines on top of batter in springform pan; gently swirl with a knife. Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour or until almost set. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake stand in oven, with door closed, 30 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan. (Do not remove sides of pan). Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 4 hours. Remove sides of springform pan. Serve with Mocha Sauce. Mocha Sauce: Cook chocolate chips, whipping cream, and butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring often, 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup brewed coffee. Serve warm. Yield: one cake. This recipe is from an actual cookbook printed by Fundcraft Publishing! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: Cookbooks.com! Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |