Sweet Cheesecake Recipes
Chocolate Julep Cheesecake
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 4 eggs
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons clear creme de menthe
- Maraschino cherries for garnish
- Mint leaves for garnish
Instructions
Crust
- Combine the crumbs sugar and melted butter. Press firmly and evenly into a 9-inch springform pan. Place in refrigerator while making filling.
Filling
- Melt chocolate in heavy saucepan.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Add sour cream. Blend well.
- Beat in eggs one at a time beating at low speed.
- Blend in bourbon and creme de menthe.
- Pour 1 1/4 cups batter into another bowl.
- Mix remaining batter with the melted chocolate.
- Fill crust with the chocolate batter then slowly pour on the plain batter making a swirling pattern as desired.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes. The sides will be puffed and the center will be soft (it will firm when cooled).
- Chill for at least 6 hours before serving.
Notes
An extra dash of creme de menthe may be added to the plain batter.