I love baking.
I ESPECIALLY love making homemade desserts.....particularly cheesecakes.
They are a small glimpse into heaven....
I think to myself if there is no cheesecake in heaven I do not know what I will do...
Have a long chat with God on that one.
I played around in the kitchen last night and came up with this beauty.
White chocolate / Chocolate Marscapone Cheesecake with a chocolate crust.
Yes you heard me.....
Doesn't it sound divine??
Heres the facts for you!
White/ Chocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake
Serves 12
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
½ cup sugar
¼ cup baking cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted
Mix all the ingredients in your food processor. Oil your spring form pan and press crust evenly into pan.
1 tsp mexican vanilla
6 eggs
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
4 ounces of white chocolate melted
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For the filling, preheat the oven to 350
degrees. Beat the cream cheese, sugar and
vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and
fluffy, scraping the bowl occasionally, Add
the mascarpone cheese and beat until
blended. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing
well after each addition.
Combine ½ of the cream cheese mixture
with the chocolate in a bowl and mix well.
Add the the white chocolate to the plain mixture and mix well.
Spread the chocolate mixture in the prepared
pan and top with the remaining white chocolate cream
cheese mixture. Gently fold the 2 filling
layers together with a spoon to create a
marbleized effect. Bake in a water bath for 1
¾ hours. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
Chill for 8 to 10 hours before serving.
Unfortunatly my nine year old could not wait any longer and nibbled around the crust......
White/ Chocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake
Serves 12
Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
½ cup sugar
¼ cup baking cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted
Mix all the ingredients in your food processor. Oil your spring form pan and press crust evenly into pan.
2 packages of 8oz cream cheese
1 ¾ cups sugar
16 ounces mascarpone cheese1 ¾ cups sugar
1 tsp mexican vanilla
6 eggs
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
4 ounces of white chocolate melted
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For the filling, preheat the oven to 350
degrees. Beat the cream cheese, sugar and
vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and
fluffy, scraping the bowl occasionally, Add
the mascarpone cheese and beat until
blended. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing
well after each addition.
Combine ½ of the cream cheese mixture
Add the the white chocolate to the plain mixture and mix well.
Spread the chocolate mixture in the prepared
pan and top with the remaining white chocolate cream
cheese mixture. Gently fold the 2 filling
layers together with a spoon to create a
marbleized effect. Bake in a water bath for 1
¾ hours. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
Chill for 8 to 10 hours before serving.
Sigh.....It was so pretty before this....I was going to drizzle homemade caramel over it with chocolate shavings.
Kids.....They always get caught red handed!
I made the cheesecake to celebrate dad coming home from his business trip......
I guess he will just have to deal.
♥
Rach
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