Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 c chocolate wafer crumbs
- 8 ounce cream cheese
- 3/4 c sugar
- 1/2 c sour cream
- 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate (pieces)
- 3 tb margarine
- 2 tb orange-flavored liqueur
- 1 t vanilla
- 1/4 ts cinnamon
- 1/2 ts orange peel (grated)
BASE: Combine crumbs, cinnamon and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 325, 10 minutes. BODY: Combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Blend chocolate into 3 cups batter; blend liqueur and peel into remaining batter. Pour chocolate batter over crust. Bake at 350, 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325. Spoon remaining batter over chocolate layer; continue baking 30 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan. Chill. Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.