Recipe: Orange Chocolate Cheesecake

Hi Sara,

If you have you like orange chocolate this is a wonderful recipe. You can garnish it with chocolate orange wedges, very delicious.

Orange Chocolate Cheesecake

Crust:
1 Cup Chocolate Wafer Crumbs
1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
4 Tablespoons Butter, melted

Filling:
4 (8 Ounce) packages cream cheese; softened
3/4 Cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons Grand Marnier
1/2 teaspoon Grated Orange Peel

Heat oven to 325 F. Mix crumbs, cinnamon, and butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

Bake 10 minutes.

Increase oven temperature to 350 F.

Beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer 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. Blend chocolate into one part. Blend Grand Marnier and peel into remaining part. Pour chocolate batter over crust. Bake 30 minutes.

Reduce oven temperatue to 325 F.

Spoon remaining batter over chocolate layer.
Continue baking another 30 minutes. Turn off oven and prop open oven door; remove cheesecake when oven has cooled. Loosen cake from rim of pan.