Marbled Royal Cheesecake

Swirls of chocolate run throughout this cheesecake, which has a beautiful appearance. And the taste? delectable.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees f.

To prepare crust , place the flour , sugar and salt in a bowl.

Mix in butter using a pastry blender or a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Fold in 2 tbsp of the melted chocolate.

Reserve remaining chocolate.

Press crust into the bottom of an ungreased 9-inch springform pan.

Bake the crust in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until light brown.

Cool.

Reduce oven temp to 325.

To prepare filling , using electric mixer , beat cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl until fluffy.

Add the flour and vanilla , blending well.

Mix in eggs one at a time , using mixer on lowest setting , beating just until blended.

Add sour cream.

Mix well.

Put 1 3 / 4 cups of the filling into a separate bowl and stir in the reserved chocolate.

Pour half of the plain filling into the pan with the crust.

Dot with spoonfuls of the chocolate filling.

Top the rest with the remaining plain filling , then use a knife to swirl the chocolate filling around into th.

all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, cream cheese, vanilla, eggs, sour cream