Triple-chocolate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon egg
• 1 1/3 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons dark rum
• 3 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
• 1 (8 ounce) package fat free cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package neufchatel cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
• chocolate curls

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 place first 3 ingredients in a bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until blended.
• 3 add crumbs; stir well.
• 4 firmly press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up sides of an 8-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.
• 5 bake for 10 minutes and let stand to cool.
• 6 combine rum and chocolate squares in top of a double boiler.
• 7 cook over simmering water for 2 minutes or until chocolate melts, stirring frequently.
• 8 remove from heat; add chocolate syrup, stirring until smooth.
• 9 preheat oven to 300°.
• 10 place cheeses in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.
• 11 add 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, vanilla and salt; beat until smooth.
• 12 add rum mixture; beat at low speed until well blended.
• 13 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 14 pour cheese mixture into prepared pan and bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until almost set.
• 15 combine sour cream, 1 tablespoon sugar and 2 teaspoons cocoa; stir well.
• 16 turn oven off and spread sour cream mixture over cheesecake.
• 17 let cheesecake stand for 45 minutes in an oven with door closed.
• 18 remove cheesecake from oven and let cool at room temperature.
• 19 cover and chill at least 8 hours.
• 20 garnish with chocolate curls.