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Cheese Torte
Ingredients
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CRUST 1 1/4 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs 3 Tbsp. Sugar 3 Tbsp. Cocoa 1/4 cup Butter, melted |
FILLING 350g Cream Cheese, room temp 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. Vanilla (1 Tbsp. Traditional vanilla, or 1 tsp. Traditional vanilla & 1 Tbsp. Light rum) |
GARNISH Sour Cream Unsweetened Chocolate Mint |
Preparation
:Preheat oven to 350F
To make crust combine Graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and cocoa together in bowl until uniform color. Add butter, mix until uniform consistency. Mixture will be crumbly but will hold shape when pressed.
Press mixture in 8" springform (takeawaybottom) pan forming a shell with 1 1/2" - 2" high edge. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack to cool while filling is prepared. If you want to be able to remove the torte later from the pan, you can cut a circle of wax paper and place it in the bottom of the pan.
Whip cream cheese until uniform, light, and fluffy consistency. Add sugar, mix until smooth consistency with no granular sugar. Add eggs, mix until smooth. Add flavoring, mix until smooth.
Pour filling into prepared and cooled shell. Bake for 30-45 minutes until top just begins to brown.
For best results refrigerate overnight. (put plastic on top so it doesn't get a skin)
Just before serving spread a thin layer of sour cream over top of torte to achieve decorative pure white finish. To with grated chocolate curls (use the little grates on your cheese grater) and mint.
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