Cheesecake ( marble ) - glorious liqueurs

15 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
8½ ounce Package chocolate wafers
⅜ cup Unsalted butter, melted
6 ounces Bittersweet chocolate,
Finely chopped
⅓ cup Coffee, freshly brewed
2 pounds Cream cheese, softened
1 cup Sugar
4 Eggs, at room temperature
1 cup Yogurt, plain
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other
Orange flavored liqueur
1 teaspoon Vanilla
¼ cup Flour
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Grated orange peel

Directions

Preheat oven to 325F. Butter side only of a 9 inch springform pan; wrap outside with tin foil and set aside.

Pulverize wafers in food processor. Combine crumbs with melted butter and press evenly over bottom and up sides of pan; set aside.

Melt chocolate in coffee; beat until smooth. set aside.

Beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Slowly beat in sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated.

Beat in yogurt, Grand Marnier, and vanilla. Lower speed and beat in combined flour and salt.

Stir melted chocolate into 1½ cups of the batter. Stir orange peel into plain batter.

Pour orange batter into prepared pan. Put chocolate batter, in 8 plops, on top. Swirl with table knife until marbled to your liking.

Push any crumbs that are higher than the batter onto it creating a crumb border.

Bake until firm around edge, but still wobbly in center, about an hour. Cool in pan on wire rack. Gently release side of pan. Serve at room temperature or chilled for a firmer consistency.

New Country Fare: Glorious Liqueurs Edited by Mary Aurea Morris

ISBN: 0-9627403-1-4

From: Carolyn Shaw Date: 13 Apr 96

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