Triple Chocolate Cheesecake

Mina in Toronto, ON's Note:

While cleaning out a bookshelf, I found a long forgotten recipe that a friend had given to me. If you like chocolate, you'll love this.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 16

Yield: 1.0 Cheesec ...

• 1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs (or you can use graham cracker crumbs)
• 3 tablespoons butter , melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• ¾ cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 white chocolate baking squares , melted
• 3 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares , melted

Glaze

• 6 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares , melted
• ¼ cup butter , do not substitute
• 1 teaspoon oil

Directions:

1. Combine crumbs and butter, press onto the bottom of a springform pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
2. Blend cream cheese and sugar with a mixer.
3. Add 1 egg at a time until it’s all blended.
4. Add the vanilla.
5. With ½ the batter, stir in melted white chocolate (I added 2 tbsp Grand Marnier to this but that’s optional).
6. With the other ½, mix in 3 squares melted semi-sweet chocolate until there is no white streaks left.
7. Pour this mixture on top of the crumb base. (Since this batter was a little thick, I wet my fingers to smooth it down.)
8. Then pour the white batter on top.
9. Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes and then reduce the heat to 250°F for 35-45 minutes or until centre is just firm. When you remove from the oven, run a knife around the sides. Let cool for a couple of hours.
10. Melt 6 squares semisweet chocolate with butter and oil until smooth. Remove sides from cooled cake and place on a newspaper or wax paper. Pour this glaze over entire cake and refrigerate.