Chocolate Cheesecake With Sour Cream Topping Light Food

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together cookie crumbs, melted butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar in a medium bowl. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up 1 inch on sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• Melt chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring, about 2 minutes. Let cool.
• Put cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. With mixer on low speed, add remaining cup sugar in a slow, steady stream. Add salt; mix until combined. Add sour cream, cocoa, vanilla, and melted chocolate; mix until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing each until just combined (do not overmix). Pour cream cheese filling over crust.
• Bake until set but still slightly wobbly in center, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on rack. Refrigerate, uncovered, 6 hours or overnight. Before unmolding, run a knife around edge of cake.

SOUR CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• 1.Crust: Stir together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl.
• 2.Press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan.
• 3.Refrigerate the crust while making the filling.
• 4.Filling: Combine the cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, salt, beaten eggs, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a medium bowl. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes.
• 5.Pour the filling into the spring-form pan over the graham cracker crumb crust.
• 6.Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
• 7.Cool 30 minutes before adding the sour cream topping.
• 8.Topping: Mix the sour cream, 3 tablespoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla together in a small bowl. Pour and spread on top of the slightly cooled cheesecake.
• 9.Bake for 10 more minutes at 350°F. Cool to room temperature and then place in refrigerator to chill before serving.

CHEESECAKE WITH SOUR CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix graham crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
• Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, lemon zest, juice and 1/2 tsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Mix sour cream, remaining sugar and vanilla until well blended; carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.

SOUR CREAM TOPPED CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Crush 22 cookies to form fine crumbs; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Stand remaining cookies around inside edge of pan, firmly pressing bottom edge of each cookie into crust to secure.
• Melt 4 oz. chocolate as directed on package. Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar with mixer until blended. Add 1/2 cup sour cream, vanilla and melted chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until center is almost set. Mix remaining sour cream and sugar; spread over cheesecake. Bake 5 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim.
• Melt remaining chocolate; drizzle over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH SOUR CREAM TOPPING (LIGHT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and spray an 8-inch springform pan with non-stick vegetable spray.
• Crust: In bowl, combine crumbs, water and margarine; mix well. Pat onto bottom and sides of springform pan. Refrigerate.
• In food processor, combine ricotta and cottage cheeses, sugar, egg and vanilla; process until smooth. Add cocoa and flour; process just until combined. Pour into pan and bake for 30 minutes or until set around edge but still slightly loose in centre.
• Topping: Meanwhile, stir together sour cream, sugar and vanilla; pour over cheesecake. Bake for 10 more minutes. (Topping will be loose.).
• Let cool and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or until set.

PERFECT CHEESECAKE WITH SOUR CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, ground almonds, and salt in a bowl. Drizzle melted butter and stir until evenly moistened. Press into the bottom and up the sides (as far as it'll go) of a lightly buttered 10-inch springform pan. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and salt and beat until smooth. Add flour and egg yolks and mix thoroughly. Stir in sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla and nutmeg and beat until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with remaining 1/4 cup sugar until it forms stiff peaks. Fold thoroughly into cream cheese mixture; no need to be terribly gentle with it, but you do want the whites to be evenly incorporated. Pour into chilled crust.
• Bake cheesecake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until top is puffed and lightly golden brown. There will be cracks, but that's what the sour cream topping is for. Without opening the oven door, turn the oven off, and let the cheesecake sit in the oven as it cools for 1 hour. Do not take the cheesecake immediately out of the hot oven or it will fall. After an hour, remove cheesecake and heat oven to 450 degrees.
• While the cheesecake is cooling, make the sour cream topping by whisking the sour cream, sugar and vanilla together until smooth. Once the cheesecake has cooled for an hour, pour the sour cream topping over top. Using a rubber spatula or offset spatula, smooth out the surface.
• Place back into the oven (remember the heat should have been increased to 450° F) and bake for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack to let cool to room temperature.
• Refrigerate the cheesecake overnight to set. ***Don't put cheesecake in the fridge until it has cooled to room temperature.***.

SOUR CREAM TOPPING FOR CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Mix sourcream, sugar and vanilla.
• Spread mixture over top of the freshly baked cheesecake.
• Return to oven for 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan; set aside. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Set aside., In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low just until combined. Stir in vanilla and melted chocolate just until blended. Pour filling over crust., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. , Garnish slices with strawberries and chocolate shavings if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHOCOLATE LACE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter 9-inch springform pan.
• In large bowl, blend crust ingredients- wafer crumbs, almonds and melted and 1/4 cup melted butter.
• Press into bottom and up sides of pan.
• Refrigerate.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
• Add eggs,one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add melted chocolate chips and beat well.
• Add whipping cream, 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 teaspoon of vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Pour into prepared crust.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 55 to 65 minutes or until edges are set.
• Centre of cheesecake will be soft.
• (Place shallow pan half full of water on lower oven rack to prevent cracking.) Cool in pan 5 minutes, then carefully remove sides of pan and cool completely.
• In small bowl, combine sour cream, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 teaspoon sugar.
• Stir until smooth.
• Spread over cooled cheesecake.
• Melt unsweetened chocolate and drizzle over top in lace pattern.
• Refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.
• Garnish with fresh mint and raspberries or raspberry coulis.