Extreme Chocolate Cheesecake

Recipe courtesy Steve Schiessl

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Total Time:
7 hr 0 min
Prep
1 hr 30 min
Inactive
3 hr 0 min
Cook
2 hr 30 min
Yield:
6 to 8 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Crust:

  • 2 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate sugar (Chocolate sugar is sugar stored in an airtight container for at least 3 months with cocoa beans. Discard beans when using sugar.)
  • 6 to 8 tablespoons butter, melted

White Chocolate Layer:

  • 20 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup chocolate sugar
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 8 ounces milk chocolate chips, melted
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Milk Chocolate Layer:

  • 20 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup chocolate sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 8 ounces white chocolate chips, melted
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Fudge Cake Layer:

  • 1 store-bought fudge cake mix

Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting:

Directions

Crust:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix all ingredients together and press into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.

White Chocolate Layer:

Cream together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time then add remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Do not over mix. Pour white chocolate layer into a pan and refrigerate until you've finished mixing milk chocolate layer.

Milk Chocolate Layer:

Cream together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time then add remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Do not over mix. Pour milk chocolate layer on top of white chocolate layer and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes.

Fudge Cake Layer:

Prepare store bought cake mix as directed on package for 2 layer cake. Pour into 10-inch round battered and floured cake pan. Add batter until about 2/3 full and bake as directed. Remove from oven and cool. Torte cake by cutting it in 2 layers horizontally making about 1-inch cake layers. Put cooled, torted cake on top of cooled cheesecake.

Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting:

In a heavy pan heat whipping cream, butter and powdered sugar to a boil while whisking constantly. Place chips in a large stainless steel bowl, add hot cream mixture and let set for 5 minutes. Whisk together until smooth. Let cool until it reaches spreading consistency. Cover assembled cheesecake. Garnish with as much chocolate as you can stand.

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  • on August 03, 2008

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    I haven't made this recipe yet as I have no idea what "chocolate sugar" is? Please help.

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  • on December 09, 2007

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    thought it was a good recipe pretty much anything that has to do with chocloate is to die for in my eyes around this time of year.

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  • on August 23, 2007

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    I made this cake as some before have. No fudge cake layer and no ganache frosting. Much more simple and excellent. Have had many request for the same cake again and again.

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