Steve's Chocolate Almond Marble Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate shavings or 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, shavings
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 (6 ounce) package sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 crust:.
• 2 blend crumbs and sugar. fold in melted butter.
• 3 grease 10" spring-form pan.
• 4 press crust evenly on bottom and halfway up the sides.
• 5 filling:.
• 6 boil whipping cream. stir in chocolate and almond extract. set aside.
• 7 beat cream cheese and sugar.
• 8 add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• 9 after each.
• 10 add sour cream.
• 11 pour 1/4 of the filling into a smaller.
• 12 bowl. to this, stir in the chocolate mixture.
• 13 loosely fold chocolate mixture into remaining filling. pour filling into crust.
• 14 draw a knife through the batter to marbleize.
• 15 bake at 350, for 40 mins., then turn oven off.
• 16 leave cake in oven for 1 hours do not open oven door.
• 17 cool at room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
• 18 cover with almond slices, then serve.