Steve's Chocolate Almond Marble Cheesecake

This DELICIOUS cheesecake is one that will have you coming back for more!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 8-12

Ingredients

• Crust

• 3  cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine, melted
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• Filling

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1  cup sugar
• 3  eggs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  almond extract
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 12  ounces  semi-sweet chocolate shavings or 12  ounces bittersweet chocolate, shavings
• 3⁄4 cup  whipping cream
• 1 (6 ounce) package  sliced almonds

Directions

1. Crust:
2. Blend crumbs and sugar. Fold in melted butter.
3. Grease 10" spring-form pan.
4. Press crust evenly on bottom and halfway up the sides.
5. Filling:
6. Boil whipping cream. Stir in chocolate and almond extract. Set aside.
7. Beat cream cheese and sugar.
8. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
9. after each.
10. Add sour cream.
11. Pour 1/4 of the filling into a smaller.
12. bowl. To this, stir in the chocolate mixture.
13. Loosely fold chocolate mixture into remaining filling. Pour filling into crust.
14. Draw a knife through the batter to marbleize.
15. Bake at 350, for 40 mins., then turn oven off.
16. Leave cake in oven for 1 hours DO NOT OPEN oven door.
17. Cool at room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
18. Cover with almond slices, then serve.