Get ready for the “wow factor” when you bring out this beautiful dessert. Looks like it took hours to make, but you can be busy with other things while it’s baking and chilling.
Chocolate-Cherry Cheesecake
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 5 hr 50 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- 4 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
Glaze
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and 1 inch up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sugar and almond extract until smooth. Add 1/2 cup whipping cream; blend well.
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Step3Spoon 3 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture into crust-lined pan, spreading evenly. Carefully spoon 1 cup pie filling evenly over cream cheese layer (reserve remaining pie filling for topping). Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture evenly over pie filling.
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Step4Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
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Step5In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
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Step6Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on paper-lined cookie sheet. Spread glaze over cooled cheesecake, allowing some to flow down side. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. Serve topped with remaining pie filling.
Nutrition
470
Calories
33g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
37g
Total Carbohydrate
28g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 470
- Calories from Fat
- 290
- Total Fat
- 33g
- 50%
- Saturated Fat
- 19g
- 97%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 125mg
- 42%
- Sodium
- 280mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 37g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 28g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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