Black and White Marble Cheesecake

Name: Black and White Marble Cheesecake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 907 grams cream cheese, softened; 4 larges eggs, at room temperature; 296 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 79 milliliters heavy cream; 57 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped; 237 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, plus additional butter for greasing pan; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 11g of protein, 54g of fat, and a total of 719 calories. If you have butter, sugar, semisweet chocolate, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Wrap outside of a 9-by-3-inch springform pan with heavy-duty foil. Grease inside of pan with butter, then set aside.

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Butter

Wrap

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Springform Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Combine graham cracker crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and cocoa powder, stirring with a fork.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

Add butter and stir until incorporated. Press mixture into bottom of pan.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Bake for 10 minutes; let cool on wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Place chocolate in a small bowl and microwave at medium for 2 1/2 minutes; stir. Microwave at medium for 30 more seconds and stir; repeat, if necessary, until melted and smooth. Reserve.

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Chocolate

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Microwave

Bowl

Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar at high speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

Add eggs all at once and mix at medium speed until thoroughly blended.

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Egg

Add cream and vanilla extract; mix until blended.

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Vanilla Extract

Cream

Transfer 1 cup batter to bowl with melted chocolate; stir to mix. Scrape half of plain batter into cake pan on top of crust. Dollop chocolate batter on surface. Scrape remaining plain batter on top of chocolate. Swirl batters together with a rubber spatula for a marbleized effect.

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Chocolate

Crust

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Cake Form

Spatula

Bowl

Place cake pan in a roasting pan, add 1 inch of hot tap water to roasting pan and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes without opening oven door. (Cake should only barely jiggle when pressed in center.)

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Water