This Black Forest Chocolate Cheesecake drew quite a knockout reaction when I made it, and I’m sure you can see why. It is bursting with sweet cherries layered between a chocolate crust and a creamy chocolate cheesecake filling.
Black Forest Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweet cherries (pitted dark)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsps corn starch
- 11/3 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (about 9 1/2 cookie sheets)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp butter (or stick margarine, melted)
- 1 large egg whites
- cooking spray
- 1 cup non-fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (fat-free)
- 8 ozs cream cheese, soften (1/3-less-fat)
- 8 ozs cream cheese, soften (fat-free)
- 11/4 cups sugar
- 3 tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate (minichips)
- 36 sweet cherries (dark, pitted and halved)
Instructions
- To prepare the cherry topping, place 2 cups cherries in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth. Combine the pureed cherries, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour cherry topping into a bowl; cover and chill.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To prepare the crust, combine crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, butter, and egg white in a bowl; toss with a fork until well-blended. Press crumb mixture into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 300°.
- To prepare the filling, combine sour cream, milk, and cheeses in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add 1 1/4 cups sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and eggs; beat well. Stir in minichips. Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 300° for 50 minutes or until almost set (center will not be firm, but will set up as it chills). Turn oven off; cool cheesecake in closed oven 40 minutes. Remove from oven; cool on a wire rack. Spread cherry topping over cheesecake. Top with cherry halves. Cover and chill 8 hours.
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