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      Title: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Chocolate
      Yield: 12 servings

  1 1/2 c  Chocolate wafer crumbs              6 tb Butter, softened
    1/3 c  Heavy cream                         2 c  Sour cream
      1 c  Blanched almonds, lightly          24 oz Cream cheese, softened
    1/2 c  Amaretto                            1 tb Sugar
      1 x  Toasted and chopped                 1 c  Sugar
      2 ts Vanilla                             1 c  Blanched almonds, lightly
    1/3 c  Sugar                               1 x  -  toasted and chopped
      4 ea Eggs

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  Preheat oven to 375. Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter. Pat mixtur
  on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan. cream together the cream
  cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a
  beating well after each addition. Beat mixture until light. Pour into cru
  lined pan.  Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cra
  and knife inserted in middle comes out clean. Let stand on rack 5 minutes.
   Combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar. Mix well and spread evenly ove
  cake.  Bake for 5 more minutes. Place on rack and let cool completely. cove
  lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight. When ready to serve, remov
  sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to
  of cake. Hope this fills the bill.
From: R2D2 #3 @1614017
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