Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Layered Mocha Cheesecake

This is what Darren asked for to be his birthday cake. I wish I had found the chocolate covered coffee beans, the picture in my cook book looks a lot better than this one. But it sure tasted good, maybe too good!

  • 1-1/2 cups cream filled chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
FILLING:
  • 2 Tbsp plus 1-1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 1 Tbsp boiling water
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled
GLAZE:
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • Chocolate covered coffee beans (optional)
  1. Grease a 9-in. springform pan. Combine cookie crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom of prepared pan. Place on a double thickness of heavy duty foil (about 16 in. square); securely wrap foil around pan. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine the coffee granules, water and cinnamon; set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in vanilla. Divide batter in half. Stir melted chocolate into one portion; pour over crust. Stir coffee mixture into the remaining batter; spoon over chocolate layer.
  3. Place pan in a large baking pan; add 1 in. of hot water into larger pan. Bake at 325 F for 45-50 minutes or until center is just set and top appears dull. Remove pan from water bath. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove foil. Cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate over night.
  4. In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Spread over cheesecake. Remove sides of pan. Garnish with coffee beans if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

3 comments:

candice said...

That sounds (and looks) amazing!!


I'm pretty slow though... Are those regular Oreo cookie crumbs we're talking about?

Christine said...

Thats what I used. Just the oreo cookie crumbs from a box. Took the easy way out maybe :)

Becky@Beyond The Picket Fence said...

OM goodness, must wipe the drool off the keyboard! Thanks for following my blog.