“Very elegant! If you don’t care for mocha, leave out the coffee.”
INGREDIENTS
CRUST
- 1cup chocolate wafer, finely crushed
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 2tablespoons butter, softened
FILLING
- 2ounces baking chocolate
- 2(8 ounce) packages cream cheese
- 2eggs
- 1⁄3cup sugar
- 1teaspoon instant coffee
- 1⁄4teaspoon salt
TOPPING
- 1ounce baking chocolate, chopped
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 4tablespoons cream
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400* degrees F.
- Mix crust ingredients together, press into 9in pie plate.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- Melt chocolate in large bowl, I do this in the microwave.
- Add cream cheese, eggs, and sugar.
- Beat on med for 2 minutes, until creamy.
- Add instant coffee and salt; mix well.
- Pour into crust.
- Bake at 400* for 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325* degrees F.
- Continue baking for 50-60 minutes, until set.
- Turn oven off; leave cheesecake in oven until it has cooled.
- In small saucepan, bring topping ingredients to a boil.
- Remove from heat and stir until smooth.
- Cool.
- Drizzle over cheesecake.