Recipe - Chocolate Almond Cheesecake

6 Chocolate wafers, finely
crushed
1 One half cup Light cream cheese
1 cup Sugar
1 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese
One fourth cup Plus 2 tbs unsweetened cocoa
One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Almond flavoring
1 Egg
2 tablespoon Semisweet chocolate mini
morsels
Chocolate leaves (optional)

Sprinkle chocolate wafer crumbs in the bottom of a 7 inch springform pan.
Set pan aside. Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add cream
cheese and next 7 ingredients, processing until smooth. Add egg and process
just until blended. Fold in chocolate morsels. Slowly pour mixture over
crumbs in pan. Bake at 300 degrees F. for 65 to 70 minutes or until cheese
cake is set. Let cool in pan on wire rack. Cover and chill at least 8
hours. Remove sides of pan, transfer cheese cake to a serving platter.
Garnish with chocolate leaves, if desired. CHOCOLATE LEAVES: Melt chocolate
in doubles boiler or microwave. Using a nonpoisonous leaf, brush on melted
chocolate; place in freezer for 23 hours. once hardened, peal leaf from
the chocolate to garnish.

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