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<b>Chocolate Cheesecake</b></div>
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thanks to Naomi at <a href="http://www.bakersroyale.com/cheesecake/rocky-road-cheesecake/">Baker's Royale</a></div>
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Occasionally we have spontaneous feasts when we decide to invite friends around to a meal that same night. Usually we use one tried and tested recipe/technique in our repertoire for the main, a salad, a side dish (usually a new recipe), and a quick(er) dessert. Most of the time when I bake, I bake in advance. I bake in the afternoon or the weekend and we eat that cake for the rest of the week. But when spontaneous festing happens, a dessert ought to be nice and easy and doable. We often do crumbles or I do cookies but this time, I decided cheesecake. It doesn't feel like summer here but boy, have I hankered after some cheesecake!</div>
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And listen, it's only proper to include the guests in the food prep. B painstakingly crushed all the ginger nut biscuits to make this crust. I don't remember why we didn't just use the food processor but the thickness of the crust is definitely a testament to B's patience. And since I believe in making the crust as thick as possible, hooray!</div>
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<i>for the crust</i></div>
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<b>you need</b>: ginger nut biscuits (or gingerbread) and melted butter</div>
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-Crush the biscuits.</div>
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-Mix with enough melted butter to moisten the crumbs.</div>
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-Press into a greased cake pan.</div>
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<b>you need:</b> chocolate (we used all milk), a couple packs of soft cheese/cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, 3 eggs</div>
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-Melt the chocolate via a bowl over a boiling pot of water method.</div>
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-Cream cheese and sugar together. (I added the sugar slowly until it tasted sweet enough.)</div>
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-Add the sour cream and combine.</div>
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-Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat to combine. </div>
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-Add in the chocolate. It will be a very liquidy mixture.</div>
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-Pour over the crust and bake at 350F/180C until the top browns a little and the center only slightly jiggles when you lightly shake it.</div>
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-Let it cool!</div>
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