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Chocolate-Cherry Cheesecake

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Feb 19, 2010
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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
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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

  • Step 
    1
    Heat 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.
  • Step 
    2
    In 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.
  • Step 
    3
    Spoon 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.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour.
  • Step 
    5
    In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup whipping cream to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
  • Step 
    6
    Line 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
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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