Saturday, October 07, 2006

Lala's Decadent Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake

Before I lose it, I'd better paste it here, so senang nak cari later. Kalau ada orang dah try buat, please post a pix. Lala's cake recipe goes like this...
18 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
3 eggs
12 squares (1-1/2 pkg. [8 squares each]) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, divided
1/2 cup whipping cream

PREHEAT oven to 350°F/180C if using a 9-in. silver springform pan (or to 325°F if using a 9-in. dark nonstick springform pan.) Combine crumbs and butter. Press firmly onto bottom of pan.
BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Chop 8 of the squares of chocolate; stir into batter. Pour over crust.
BAKE 45 to 50 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around side of pan to loosen cake. Cool completely.

CHOP remaining 4 squares of chocolate. Bring cream to simmer in small saucepan on low heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; stir until completely melted. Cool slightly. Pour over cheesecake. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Remove side of pan before serving.
Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
For the chocolate I use Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark extra fine.
1 1/2 bars to put in the cheesecake and the remaining 1/2 for the topping. Sour cream pun apa yang ada dekat supermarket.

1 comment:

Shina said...

Wonderful Lala!! thanks - must attempt it one of these days.