Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
By: Angie's Recipes
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 4:40pm

Ingredients




Crust:	

210 grams Flour
10 grams Baking cocoa
7 grams Baking powder
50 grams Caster sugar
1 gram pack / 8  Vanilla sugar
1/5 teaspoon Salt
120 grams Unsalted butter, cool
1 Egg
Filling:	

450 grams Bittersweet chocolate, chopped small
180 grams Caster sugar
500 grams German Quark
200 grams Philadelphia regular cream cheese
1 tablespoon Pudding powder (or cornstarch)
1 teaspoon Baking cocoa
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
200 grams Canned red cherries (optional)
Cherry Sauce:

60 grams Caster sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
80 grams Cherry juice
1 tablespoon Lemon juic

Preparation

1 Grease a 10 inch springform pan and line with a baking paper. To prepare the curst, combine and sieve first five ingredients first in a bowl, cut in butter and egg until a smooth dough forms. Press firmly on the bottom and sides of prepare pan. Use a fork to prick the crust in regular intervals. Cover and chill the crust for 30 minutes. 2 Pre-heat oven to 200C/400F. Stir chopped chocolate and sugar in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water and stir in the vanilla extract. Let cool briefly until lukewarm but still pourable. 3 Blend quark and cream cheese in another bowl until smooth. Add in cocoa powder and pudding powder. Stir to combine. Blend in eggs, one at a time. Gently stir in lukewarm chocolate until completely blended. Pour filling over crust. Press cherries lightly into chocolate mixture if using. Bake until the filling is set, about 50 minutes. Turn off the oven and let cool in oven with door ajar for about 1 hour. Take out and cool completely. Chill the cake overnight. 4 In a pot, combine sugar and cornstarch. Add in cherry, lemon juice and stir until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat and let cool. Drizzle the chocolate cheesecake with cherry sauce or simply just dust with icing sugar.

About


Ultra creamy, rich and moist chocolate cheesecake baked in a chocolate cookie crust. This would be a festive X'mas treat! For best results, make sure all ingredients are at room temperature. The cheesecake is done when the sides are set and the center is slightly wiggly.