Recipe - Auntie Bettys Double Chocolate Cheesecake

CRUST
One half cup Chocolate cream wafers (1/2
pkg), crumbled
One fourth cup Butter (NO MARGARINE);
melted
One half cup Macadamia nuts

FILLING
3 pack (8 oz) cream cheese
1 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
8 1 ounce squares semisweet
chocolate OR
12 ounce Semisweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

TOPPING
2 cup Sour cream
3 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla

FINAL TOUCH
1 1.5 ounce Hershey Bar; frozen

CRUST: Roll out chocolate cream wafers on wax paper. Mix crumbled wafers,
butter and nuts in the bottom of a 10" spring form pan. Using a piece of
wax paper, press mixture evenly in the bottom of the pan. Place pan in
refrigerator or freezer while preparing the filling.

FILLING: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl beat cream cheese
until fluffy. Gradually add sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time until well
blended. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. Pour on top of prepared
crust and bake 50 minutes. Remove from oven. Turn oven off and close door.

TOPPING: Combine sour cream, sugar and vanilla. Spread over cheesecake.
Return to oven, but do not reheat oven. Leave in warm oven for 10 minutes
with the door closed. Open door and leave cake in oven for an additional 20
minutes. Remove cake from oven. Allow cake to cool on wire rack.

FINAL TOUCH: Freeze Hershey bar. When cake is cooled, shave frozen
chocolate on top of cake. Refrigerate overnight.

NOTES : E hele mai oukou e ai! (Come and eat!) Recipe by: Betty Sullivan
Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
MarySpero@prodigy.com (MS MARY E SPERO) on Aug 28, 1997