Triple Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs (or you can use graham cracker crumbs)
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 white chocolate baking squares, melted
• 3 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted

Glaze

• 6 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted
• 1/4 cup butter, do not substitute
• 1 teaspoon oil

Directions

1. 1

   Combine crumbs and butter, press onto the bottom of a springform pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Blend cream cheese and sugar with a mixer.

3. 3

   Add 1 egg at a time until it’s all blended.

4. 4

   Add the vanilla.

5. 5

   With ½ the batter, stir in melted white chocolate (I added 2 tbsp Grand Marnier to this but that’s optional).

6. 6

   With the other ½, mix in 3 squares melted semi-sweet chocolate until there is no white streaks left.

7. 7

   Pour this mixture on top of the crumb base. (Since this batter was a little thick, I wet my fingers to smooth it down.)

8. 8

   Then pour the white batter on top.

9. 9

   Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes and then reduce the heat to 250°F for 35-45 minutes or until centre is just firm. When you remove from the oven, run a knife around the sides. Let cool for a couple of hours.

10. 10

    Melt 6 squares semisweet chocolate with butter and oil until smooth. Remove sides from cooled cake and place on a newspaper or wax paper. Pour this glaze over entire cake and refrigerate.