A mocha-chocolate cheesecake with both a conventional-oven method and a microwave method printed back-to-back, from the "Great American Recipes" collectible card series (Best Ever Cakes and Pastries, Card 4, Group 17).
Ingredients
Crust: 1½ cups finely crushed chocolate wafers · ⅓ cup butter · ½ Tbsp granulated sugar
Filling: 2 squares (1 oz each) sweet chocolate · 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese · 4 eggs · ¾ cup sugar · 2–3 tsp instant coffee · dash salt
Garnish (optional): chocolate cookies, mint leaves, raspberries or other berries, chocolate leaves
Method
Oven method (prep 30 min, chill 45 min, bake 40 min, oven 350°F): Combine crumbs, butter, and sugar; press into an 8-inch springform pan. Melt chocolate over hot (not boiling) water. Beat cream cheese; add eggs one at a time, then sugar. Add the melted chocolate, coffee, and salt. Pour into the crust and bake at 350°F about 40 minutes, until almost set. Cool 45 minutes, then chill 4 hours or overnight. Remove the pan sides and garnish.
Microwave method (total microwave time 20 min, HIGH = 100% / MEDIUM HIGH = 70%): Press crust into an 8-inch round microsafe pie dish; microwave at HIGH 1–1½ minutes. Melt chocolate and cream cheese at MEDIUM HIGH; combine the filling and pour over the crust, set on an inverted saucer. Cook at MEDIUM HIGH about 14 minutes, turning the dish twice if the oven doesn't rotate. Let stand 1 minute, then refrigerate at least 4 hours. A separate "Chocolate Leaves" garnish technique is given: melt 1 oz semisweet chocolate, brush onto clean real leaves, freeze, then peel off.
Nutrition as printed, per serving: Calories 520, Protein 9.2 g (14.2% USRDA), Fat 37.4 g, Carbohydrates 38.7 g, Sodium 406 mg, Calcium 9.4%, Iron 10.3%, Vitamin A 27.9%, Vitamin C 0.0%.
Notes on the artifact
A two-sided printed recipe card, Great American Recipes "Best Ever Cakes and Pastries" series, Card 4, Group 17, marked "SAMPLE" in a box on the front. Copyright © MCMLXXXVIII (1988), print code "221 708 112." Publisher address printed on the card: Great American Recipes, Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (800) 335-2975.
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