Dora's Prize Winning Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 eggs

Recipe

• 1 you need a 9 inch springform pan for this cake.
• 2 melt the chocolate chips, either in the microwave or over a double boiler.
• 3 take the cream cheese out of the fridge, it needs to be softened.
• 4 heat oven to 400°f.
• 5 in a bowl, combine ¾ cup flour and 2 teaspoons sugar.
• 6 using an fork or pastry blender cut in butter (or margarine) until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
• 7 stir in 2 teaspoons of the melted chocolate – keep the rest for the filling.
• 8 press the mixture into the bottom of the ungreased springform pan.
• 9 bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until very light brown.
• 10 remove from oven and lower the heat to 325°f.
• 11 in a large bowl beat the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy (you could do this by hand but i would use an electric mixer, you'll need it in a minute anyway).
• 12 add ¼ cup flour and the vanilla and blend well.
• 13 using low speed on an electric mixer add the eggs one at a time, beating until just blended.
• 14 add the sour cream and mix well.
• 15 take 1 ¾ cups of the filling and put it in a separate bowl and stir in the rest of the melted chocolate.
• 16 pour half of the plain filling into the pan, over the crust.
• 17 take half the chocolate filing and put it on the plain filling by spoonfuls scattered around.
• 18 pour in the rest of the plain filling.
• 19 take the rest of the chocolate filling and top the plain filling again by spoonfuls.
• 20 using a butter knife swirl the chocolate through the plain filling.
• 21 bake at 325f for 60-75 min or until center is almost set (putting a shallow pan half filled with water in the bottom of your oven should help keep the cake moist and reduce cracking).
• 22 remove the cake and let sit for 10 minutes before removing the sides of the springform pan.
• 23 let the cake cool for 2-3 hours then refrigerate overnight before serving.
• 24 enjoy! ( please note that i am not a cake baker and have not made this recipe for many years- i am guessing at the the prep time - i apologize if i am wildly off -- the cooking time is a total of the times for the crust and the rest of the cake).