Crust—–
2 c Chocolate Wafer Crumbs
1/4 ts Cinnamon
4 tb Unsalted Butter — melted
Filling—–
32 oz Cream Cheese — softened
3/4 c Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 c Sour Cream
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Semisweet Chocolate Chips
2 tb Grand Marnier
1 ts Grated Orange Peel
Preheat oven to 325.
Mix crumbs, cinnamon, and butter. Press onto the bottom of a 9-inch
springform pan and bake 10 minutes.
Increase oven temperature to 350. Beat cream cheese and sugar at
medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating
well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Separate
batter into 2 equal parts. Melt chocolate in double boiler and add
it to one part. Blend Gran Marnier and orange peel into remaining
part. Pour chocolate batter over crust and bake 30 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 325. Carefully spoon orange batter over
chocolate layer. Continue baking another 40 minutes. Turn off oven
and prop open oven door. Remove cheesecake when oven has cooled.
Loosen cake from rim of pan.
Yields
1 Servings