Chocolate Marbled Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup fine graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter and press mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan.
• 3 bake for 10 minutes; cool.
• 4 lower oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• 5 in a large mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese, sour cream and 2 teaspoons of vanilla until smooth.
• 6 add flour, a tablespoon at a time, blending well.
• 7 beat eggs and egg yolks in a small bowl on high speed until thick and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.
• 8 gradually add 1 cup sugar and beat thoroughly.
• 9 add egg-sugar mixture to cheese mixture and blend on low speed just until combined.
• 10 reserve 2 cups of batter; pour remaining batter into prepared pan.
• 11 thoroughly combine cocoa and 1/4 cup sugar.
• 12 blend into the 2 cups of reserved batter.
• 13 stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and spoon dollops of chocolate batter on top of vanilla batter in pan.
• 14 using a spatula or knife, swirl batter gently to produce marble effect.
• 15 bake for 1 1/4 hours.
• 16 turn oven off and leave cake in oven 1 hour, without opening the oven door.
• 17 remove from oven and cool.
• 18 cover and chill.