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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Decadent Chocolate Cheesecake with Raspberries

This looks AMAZING!! I'm adding this one to my 'to try' stack. I love cheesecake, and I LOVE the combo of chocolate & raspberries, so this one's a shoe-in!
 

Decadent Chocolate Cheesecake with Raspberries

Prep time: 15 minutes
Bake time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cool time: 9 hours
Makes 16 servings

Ingredients

2          packages (8-oz each) cream cheese, softened
2          packages (8-oz each) 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
1-1/2   cups granulated sugar
2/3       cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1          teaspoon vanilla extract
4          large eggs
2          packages (6 ounces each) Driscoll's Raspberries, rinsed,
            drained, patted dry
2          ounce bar of semi-sweet chocolate

Cooking Directions

Preheat oven to 325ºF.  Butter bottom and sides of a 9-inch round springform pan.
Beat cream cheeses in a large bowl of electric mixer until smooth. Beat in sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla, starting on low speed then increasing to high, until thoroughly mixed.
Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping edges well after each addition. Gently stir in 1 cup raspberries. Pour mixture into pan.
Bake 60-70 minutes or until just barely set in center. Edges may crack slightly. Turn oven off and leave in oven 1 hour with door ajar. Remove from oven and cool completely.  Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Run a knife around edge and remove rim.
Top cheesecake with remaining raspberries. Hold chocolate bar over cheesecake; firmly slide a sharp vegetable peeler along edge of chocolate allowing shavings to fall on cake.

For lower fat version, use four 1/3 less fat packages of cream cheese, or two 1/3 less fat and two fat-free. Cheesecake will be denser.

 

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