Recipe - Tiramisu Cheesecake

DOROTHY CROSS (TMPJ72B)

CRUST
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine;melted
One half teaspoon Instant espresso powder
1 cup Vanillawafer crumbs

FILLING
24 ounce Cream cheese;
or Neufchatel cheese Room t
8 ounce Mascarpone cheese
1 2/3 cup Sugar
4 Lg eggs; Room Temp.
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 pn Salt
2 teaspoon Instant espresso powder
1 tablespoon Hot water
2 tablespoon Brandy
1 ounce Semisweet chocolate;grated
2 teaspoon Unsweetened cocoa

Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8inch
springform pan. Stir in butter and espresso powder in
small bowl until combined. Stir in crumbs until crumbs
are evenly moistened. Pat evenly over bottom of
prepared pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Keep
oven on. Tightly cover outside bottom and sides or
springform pan with heavyduty foil. Filling:
Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and mascarpone in large
mixer bowl at mediumhigh speed until light and
fluffy, 2 minutes. Gradually beat in sugar, scraping
down sides of bowl with rubber spatula, until
completely smooth, 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium
and beat in vanilla and salt. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating just until blended after each addition. Pour 4
cups filling over crust in prepared pan and place in
large roasting pan. Dissolve espresso in hot water.
Fold into remaining filling with brandy and grated
chocolate. Spoon mixture evenly over filling in pan;
smooth top with spatula. Place pan on oven rack. Pour
enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1" up side
of springform pan. Bake 1One fourth hours or until center is
just set. Remove cheesecake from water bath. Cool
completely on wire rack. Remove foil. Cover and
refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, run knife
around edge of pan; remove sides. Sprinkle lightly
with cocoa. Makes 12 servings. Reformatted by Joyce
Alenskis XMXX58B

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