Chocolate Coffee Cheesecake with blackberries and cream

Crust:

  • 2-1/2 cup Chocolate Wafer Cookies, finely crushed
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter
  • 2 T Sugar
  • 1 t instant coffee (grounds)
  • Combine ingredients and using the bottom of a flat measuring cup press into a 9 inch springform pan.

    Filling:

  • 8 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate
  • 3 8oz packages of Cream Cheese
  • 3/4 Cup sugar
  • 3 Large Eggs, room temperature
  • 2 t Vanilla
  • 2 t instant coffee (grounds)
  • 1 Cup sour cream
  • Preheat of to 300 degrees.

    Melt chocolate and set aside. Beat cream cheese and sugar together until light and creamy. Add coffee, eggs, and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Fold in melted chocolate and sour cream, blend well. The mixture should be light, fluffy, and brown in color.

    Pour into crust and bake at center of oven for 1 hour and fifteen minutes. Turn off oven and let cheesecake sit in oven for two hours, periodically open door to allow heat to escape so cheesecake doesn't fall.

    Remove from oven, cover tightly, and chill for 12 hours overnite.

    Topping:

  • Fresh Blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries
  • 1 Cup whipped cream
  • Fold berries and whipped cream together and top cheesecake before serving.

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