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Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs 
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

4 pkgs. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tbsp. orange-flavored liqueur
1/2 tsp. grated orange peal

Heat oven to 325 F.

Mix crumbs, cinnamon, and butter.  Press onto bottom of 9-inch
springform pan.  Bake 10 minutes.

Increase oven temperature to 350 F.

Beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer
until well blended.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after
each addition.  Blend in sour cream and vanilla.

Separate batter into 2 equal parts.  Blend chocolate into one part.
Blend liqueur and peel into remaining part.  Pour chocolate batter
over crust.  Bake 30 minutes.

Reduce oven temperatue to 325 F.

Spoon remaining batter over chocolate layer.  Continue baking
another 30 minutes.  Turn off oven and prop open oven door; remove
cheesecake when oven has cooled.  Loosen cake from rim of pan.
Chill.

Printable version: chocolate-orange.txt.