Chocolate-Cherry Surprise Cheesecake

Name: Chocolate-Cherry Surprise Cheesecake
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams semisweet chocolate baking squares, melted; 113 grams unsweetened chocolate baking squares; 118 milliliters butter; 237 milliliters canned cherry pie filling; 680 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 5 larges eggs, divided; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sour cream; 532 milliliters sugar, divided; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided

This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 623 calories, 9g of protein, and 38g of fat. Head to the store and pick up cherry pie filling, cream cheese, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 35 minutes.

Instructions

Melt butter and unsweetened chocolate squares in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and cool 5 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups sugar.

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Sugar

Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, blending well after each addition.

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Egg

Add milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla.

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Vanilla

Milk

Add flour and salt; stirring until well blended.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

Spread mixture evenly into a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.

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Spread

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Springform Pan

Bake at 325 for 25 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven, and cool in pan on a wire rack. Reduce oven temperature to 30

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Beat cream cheese and remaining 3/4 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla, beating just until blended.

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Vanilla

Add remaining 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition.

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Egg

Add sour cream and melted semisweet chocolate squares, beating just until blended.

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Semisweet Chocolate

Sour Cream

Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over prepared crust.

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Cherry Pie Filling

Crust

Pour chocolate cheesecake mixture over cherry pie filling.

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Cherry Pie Filling

Chocolate

Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until edges of cheesecake are set. (Center of cheesecake will not appear set.) Turn oven off; let cheesecake stand in oven 15 minutes.

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Oven

Remove cheesecake from oven; gently run a knife around edge of cheesecake to loosen. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Release and remove sides of pan; serve with desired toppings.

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Wire Rack

Knife