Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 18 oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 3 (250 g) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) package baker semisweet chocolate, melted,and cooled slightly
• 3 eggs

Recipe

• 1 mix crushed cookies and butter; press firmly onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan.
• 2 beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 3 add melted chocolate and mix well.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each egg is added, just until blended.
• 5 pour over crust.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees f.
• 7 for 45- 50 minutes or until the centre is almost set.
• 8 (if you're using a dark non stick springform pan, bake at 325 degrees f. for 45- 50 minutes).
• 9 run knife or metal spatula around the side of the pan to loosen the cake.
• 10 cool before removing side of pan.
• 11 refrigerate for four hours or overnight.
• 12 for a more decorative cheesecake, you can dust the entire surface of the cake with cocoa powder using a wire mesh strainer.
• 13 for valentine's day, make a heart shaped designed by topping the dusted cheesecake with a heart shaped stencil and sprinkle with icing (powdered) sugar.