Cheesecake recipes provide a rich dessert that is fit for a king. Like the name suggests, a cheesecake is made from cheese and its delectable flavor is enhanced with your favorite dessert choice. You can make a cheesecake in a short time and many cheesecakes are served chilled.

Cream Cheese Filling And A Pie Crust

Many bakers make their own cheese filling from scratch using a baker's cheese, cottage cheese or farmer's cheese and eggs. The following recipe for chocolate cheesecake uses the popular Philadelphia brand of cream cheese and a chocolate piecrust. You can substitute an ordinary piecrust or a graham cracker piecrust for this dessert and your cheesecake recipe will turn out just as delicious.

Bake This Dessert At A Low Temperature

A cheesecake recipe only requires a low heat temperature to bake it and when the middle is almost firm, many bakers will turn off the heat and leave the oven door open to finish the baking. Your cheesecake will shrink as it cools although not very much unless the baking temperature was too high. You can chill your cheesecake overnight before serving, as this will enhance the firmness of the cheesecake.

Ingredients

16 oz. cream cheese, room temperature and softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 eggs

4 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted

1 chocolate or graham cracker piecrust, ready made

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Blend your cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract by hand or with a hand mixer. Add the eggs and continue to blend. Add the melted chocolate and blend thoroughly.

2. Put the cream cheese mixture into your piecrust.

3. Bake for forty minutes or until the center is just about firm. You may leave in the cooling oven to finish baking or you may cool on the countertop. When the cheesecake is cool, put it into the refrigerator for a few hours or for overnight before you serve this dessert.

You can garnish your cheesecake recipe with curls of chocolate, crushed mint candy, slices of your favorite chocolate bar, whipped topping, strawberries, blueberries or other favorite candy or fruit. Another favorite way to serve this dessert is to create a chocolate glaze or to serve the cheesecake with a chocolate sauce, whipped cream and maraschino cherries. You can make a cheesecake recipe that will be remembered and desired by your friends and family and you can be sure you will be asked when you will be making your cheesecake recipe again.