Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Title: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate, Cakes/choc.

Yield: 12 servings

1 1/2 c chocolate wafer crumbs

6 tb butter, softened

1/3 c heavy cream

2 c sour cream

24 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 c Amaretto

1 tb sugar

1 c sugar

2 ts vanilla

1 c blanched almonds, lightly

1/3 c sugar

1 x toasted and chopped

4 ea eggs

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

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. --