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Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake

A wonderful combination of cherries and chocolate in a rich cheese cake. The glaze on this cheese cake is ganache, one of the easiest and prettiest finishes for cake and cools to a beautiful seamless gloss. You can buy chocolate cookie crumbs in the bakery aisle or crush your own chocolate wafers for the crust.

Steps

Heat oven to 325f.
Combine cookie crumbs and melted butter in a medium bowl.
Press into the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a 10 inch springform pan.
Beat cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth.
Add eggs one at a time , beating well after each addition.
Add sugar and almond extract.
Beat until smooth.
Add 1 / 2 cup of the whipping cream.
Blend well.
Spoon 3 1 / 2 cups of the cream cheese mixture into the crust lined pan , spreading evenly.
Carefully spread 1 cup of the pie filling evenly over the cream cheese layer.
Reserve the remaining pie filling for the topping.
Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture over the pie filling layer.
Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until center is set.
Cool in pan on a wire rack for 1 hour.
Bring the other 1 / 2 cup of whipping cream to a boil in a small saucepan.
Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate chips.
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
Remove the sides of the springform pan.
Place cheesecak.

Ingredients

chocolate cookie crumbs, butter, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, almond extract, whipping cream, cherry pie filling, semi-sweet chocolate chips