Recipe: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Title: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
Categories: Cakes Desserts Chocolate
Servings: 12

1 1/2 c chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 c heavy cream
1 c blanched almonds, lightly
1/2 c Amaretto
1 x toasted and chopped
2 t vanilla
1/3 c sugar
4 ea eggs
6 T butter, softened
2 c sour cream
24 oz cream cheese, softened
1 T sugar
1 c sugar
1 c blanched almonds, lightly
1 x toasted and chopped

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~---------------- Preheat oven to 375. Combine crumbs,
almonds, sugar and butter. Pat mixtur on bottom and
sides of a 10 inch springform pan. cream together the
cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t
vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a beating well after each
addition. Beat mixture until light. Pour into cru
lined pan. Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or
until top of cake cra and knife inserted in middle
comes out clean. Let stand on rack 5 minutes.
Combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar. Mix well
and spread evenly ove cake. Bake for 5 more minutes.
Place on rack and let cool completely. cove lightly
with wax paper and let chill overnight. When ready to
serve, remov sides from pan and garnish with toasted
almonds around outer edge and on to of cake.
Hope this fills the bill.