Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup almonds, blanched, lightly toasted and chopped
• 1/2 cup amaretto
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 cups sour cream
• 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup almonds, blanched, lightly toasted and chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter.
• 3 pat mixtur on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan. cream together the cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t vanilla.
• 4 beat in eggs, 1 at a beating well after each addition.
• 5 beat mixture until light.
• 6 pour into cru lined pan.
• 7 bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cra and knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
• 8 let stand on rack 5 minutes.
• 9 combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar.
• 10 mix well and spread evenly ove cake.
• 11 bake for 5 more minutes.
• 12 place on rack and let cool completely. cove lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight.
• 13 when ready to serve, remov sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to of cake.