Chocolate Cheesecake, a simple yet elegant offering.

Chocolate Cheesecake. After those two words, not much is needed to get one's attention! This easy to make dessert looks quite impressive and your guests will love it. Chocolate Cheesecake, it is the go-to dessert for the chocolate lovers in your family...

While I prefer whole grain, naturally sweetened baked goods, every now and again, my dear husband requires deserves a dessert that is a bit more indulgent. This Chocolate Cheesecake is just that dessert. It is rich and chocolatey, and cheesecake, which all his favorite flavors in one spectacular dessert! 

I know that for many, cheesecake is the dessert of choice for any and all special gatherings. This is easily verified by all the different cheesecake recipes available with a quick google search. We even have a delicious, Blueberry Breakfast Cheesecake that we bake and serve when we have guests for brunch. 

While you do not need to serve this Chocolate Cheesecake with anything, fresh strawberries in the springtime and raspberries throughout the summer offer a nice finish. For all other times, a little whipped cream and shaved chocolate are quite festive...we have even enjoyed fresh slices of persimmons in the fall.

Ingredients needed for this recipe:

• cracker or bread crumbs
• baking cocoa
• butter 
• sugar
• eggs
• cream cheese
• chocolate chips
• flour
• vanilla

You will also need the following:

• measuring cups and spoons
• glass measuring cup or bowl
• mixing bowl
• hand or stand mixer
• spatula
• springform pan

Now we are ready to begin!

Chocolate Cheesecake

Chocolate Cheesecake

adapted from Taste of Home

350-degree oven

crust:

1 c dry crumbs (graham cracker, chocolate wafer, or plain dry bread crumbs)

3 T melted butter

1/4 c sugar

3 T dry cocoa

Combine and press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan, set aside.

chocolate:

2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, set aside until needed. 

filling:

2 8 oz packages of cream cheese

2 T flour

3/4 c sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanilla

reserved melted chocolate

Beat cream cheese, flour, and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla, mix well. 

Fold in the reserved melted chocolate chips, mix in completely. 

Carefully spoon cheese mixture into the spring-form pan, bake for 45-60 minutes or until done in your oven.

Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes, remove the spring side piece. Cool completely, before serving. Garnish as desired.

Storage options for Chocolate Cheesecake. Once out of the oven, store covered in the refrigerator loosely covered. Serve chilled from the refrigerator. You may freeze Chocolate Cheesecake, but there may be a loss of texture upon thawing. 

UPDATE:  For your convenience, a "copy and paste" version of Chocolate Cheesecake has been included below. 

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Printable "copy and paste" version:

Chocolate Cheesecake

adapted from Taste of Home

350-degree oven

crust:

1 c dry crumbs (graham cracker, chocolate wafer, or plain dry bread crumbs)

3 T melted butter

1/4 c sugar

3 T dry cocoa

Combine and press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan, set aside.

chocolate:

2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, set aside until needed. 

filling:

2 8 oz packages of cream cheese

2 T flour

3/4 c sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanilla

reserved melted chocolate

Beat cream cheese, flour, and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla, mix well. 

Fold in the reserved melted chocolate chips, mix in completely. 

Carefully spoon cheese mixture into the spring-form pan, bake for 45-60 minutes or until done in your oven.

Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes, remove the spring side piece. Cool completely, before serving. Garnish as desired.

Storage options for Chocolate Cheesecake. Once out of the oven, store covered in the refrigerator loosely covered. Serve chilled from the refrigerator. You may freeze Chocolate Cheesecake, but there may be a loss of texture upon thawing. 

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