Chocolate Zebra Cheesecake

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
30 wafers
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate
4 packages cream cheese
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
1 container sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ounce squares semisweet chocolate
8 ounces chocolate
1 sweetened whipped cream maraschino cherries mint leaves for
3 springform
1 cup cream until blended
8 squares semisweet chocolate
1/2 dark batter springform
2 feet above
1/2 batter directly center of dark batter
3 times

Instructions

About 1 hour before serving: 6. Prepare glaze: In 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, heat remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream until small bubbles form around edge of pan. Remove saucepan from heat. 'Stir in remaining 4 squares semisweet choclate until melted and smooth. Cool glaze 10 minutes. Meanwhile, carefully remove cake from pan to cake plate; with spatula, spread glaze over top and sides. Refrigerate 30-45 minutes until glaze is set. If you like, garnish with whipped cream around edge. Also decorate with Maraschino cherries, and mint in the middle of the cake.