Chocolate Covered Chocolate Cheesecake

Name: Chocolate Covered Chocolate Cheesecake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup Chocolate cookie crumbs; 3 tbsp Butter (melted); 24 oz Cream cheese (softened); 1/2 cup Sugar; 1 tsp Vanilla; 3 Eggs; 1/2 lb Chocolate (melted); 1 cup Heavy cream; 2 tbsp Butter; 2 tbsp Granulated sugar; 12 oz Semisweet chocolate (broken into small pieces)

A rich chocolate cheesecake coated in a smooth layer of chocolate ganache.

1h 20m

Easy

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Ingredients

Chocolate cookie crumbs 1 1/2 cup

Butter (melted) 3 tbsp

Cream cheese (softened) 24 oz

Sugar 1/2 cup

Vanilla 1 tsp

Eggs 3

Chocolate (melted) 1/2 lb

Heavy cream 1 cup

Butter 2 tbsp

Granulated sugar 2 tbsp

Semisweet chocolate (broken into small pieces) 12 oz

Instructions

Prepare Crust and Cake

Heat oven to 350F. Mix crumbs and butter and press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and pour over crust. Bake 40 minutes, turn off oven and let cake cool inside the oven as it cools down.

Cool and Chill

Loosen cake from rim of pan and cool completely. Chill for at least 4 hours. Remove rim.

Make Ganache and Cover

Heat heavy cream, butter, and sugar in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir to dissolve sugar crystals and then bring to a boil. Put chocolate pieces into a stainless steel bowl and pour boiling cream mixture over it and let stand for a few minutes. Stir until smooth and cool. Cover the sides and top of cheesecake with the ganache, smooth, and chill at least 2 hours to set.