Ah, for the love of things I can't eat. I was browsing the net for a mocha-fudge type cheesecake to make for my mom as a wedding gift, and this one caught my eye. Now I can't vouch (yet) for it's ingredients, method or taste, I figure the combination of coffee, Kahlua and chocolate can't be wrong!!
Lighter Chocolate-Coffee Cheesecake (adapted from Southern Living)
2 cups crushed chocolate graham crackers
1/4 cup melted margarine
2 tbsp brewed coffee
Vegetable cooking spray
4 (8-oz.) packages reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Kahlua
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
3 large eggs
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
- Stir together crushed graham crackers, coffee and melted butter.
- Press mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
- Add liqueur, vanilla, and coffee granules, beating at low speed until well blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
- Remove and reserve 1 cup cream cheese mixture.
- Pour remaining batter into prepared crust.
- Melt chocolate.
- Stir reserved 1 cup cream cheese mixture into melted chocolate, blending well. Mixture will be thick.
- Spoon on top of batter in pan; gently swirl with a knife if desired (I like dotty cakes, though).
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Turn oven off. Let cheesecake stand in oven, with door closed, 30 minutes.
- Remove cheesecake from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan.
- Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 4 hours before removing sides of springform pan.
I don't think you can go wrong with all those wonderful flavour combinations of coffee and cheesecake. Excellent choice!!!
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ReplyDeleteWow, I am definetly going to be trying this. I love the idea of coffee in a cheesecake.
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I love cheesecake and I love Southern Living! Looks fantastic.
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