Coffee Liqueur Chocolate Cheesecake

Make this scrumptious cheesecake one day before you serve it so that the heady flavors can fully develop. Enriched with coffee-flavored liquor and gorgeously marbled with melted chocolate, this is a sensational special occasion dessert.

Yield

10 servings

Ingredients

12 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup granulated (white) sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
3 (1 ounce) squares milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
7 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons coffee flavored liqueur
1/2 cup whipped cream
1/2 (1 ounce) square semi-sweet chocolate, grated

Directions

Preheat oven to 300°F (149°C).

In a mixing bowl blend cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Mix in 3 tablespoons whipping cream and the coffee-flavored liquor. Pour into an 8 inch glass pie pan.

In a small saucepan, melt the chocolate with remaining 4 tablespoons whipping cream. Drizzle chocolate in a spiral pattern over filling. Stir lightly with tip of table knife to achieve a marbling effect. Set the pie pan in a larger pan with water that comes halfway up side of pie pan.

Bake for about 55 minutes or until firm in the center. Cool completely and refrigerate, covered with plastic wrap, overnight. Garnish with whipped cream piped or dolloped around edges and shaved chocolate in center.