How To Make A Polka Dot Cheesecake They’ll Love

 

 

   One of my favorite flavor combinations is almond and chocolate.  This decadent dessert is another example of the two flavors coming together perfectly.  The crust is a combination of crushed Chocolate Teddy Grahams and chopped toasted almonds.  The cheesecake batter is flavored with almond and melted chocolate is added to a portion of the batter for the polka dots.

   Adding the melted semisweet chocolate makes the batter denser so it stays together better, keeps its shape, and creates the ‘polka dots’.  Sometimes, I allow the chocolate batter to be seen from the top, but this time chose to submerge the chocolate dots entirely, except for the middle dot.  

   After piping the chocolate into the middle, I decided to hide the other dots!  The grandkids were here and I thought they would enjoy the chocolate surprise inside!  The cheesecake looks really interesting with the chocolate dots visible on the top, but how neat to cut into the cake and reveal those chocolate dots?

   The dense, rich chocolate portion of the cheesecake is a nice contrast to the creamy almond flavored portion.

   

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Polka Dot Cheesecake Recipe

• Crust:
  1/3 cup Sugar
  6 Tablespoons Butter, melted
  1-1/2 cups chocolate Teddy Graham crumbs
  1 cup toasted and chopped Almonds

• Cheesecake:
  4  (8-ounce) pkg. Cream Cheese – room temperature
  1-1/4 cups Sugar
  1-1/2 teaspoons Almond extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla 
  4 large eggs – room temperature
  4 (1-ounce) semisweet chocolate squares

Crust:

Combine the 1/3 cup of sugar, melted butter, Teddy Graham crumbs, and the chopped almonds.  Press onto the bottom and about 1″ up the sides of a 9″ springform pan.  

Bake for 10 minutes at 350°.

 

 

Polka Dot Cheesecake batter:

In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until creamy.  Add the 1-1/4 cups of sugar and beat well.  One egg at a time, add to the bowl beating after each addition.  Add the almond extract, the vanilla, and mix well.

Remove 1-1/2 cups of the batter to a small mixing bowl or measuring cup.  Pour the remainder of the batter into the prepared pan.

Stir the melted chocolate into the reserved batter in the small mixing bowl.

 Insert the snipped corner into the middle of the white batter to a 1/2″ depth and squeeze about a 2″ circle of chocolate.  Remove and squeeze batter evenly into six 1-1/2″ circles around the edge of the pan.

Bake at 350° for 60 minutes in a bain-marie.  Open the oven slightly and allow the cheesecake to come to room temperature before refrigerating overnight or until it is completely chilled.

 

   I love cheesecake!  Recipes for some of my other favorite cheesecakes can be found by clicking on the

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   In the meantime, I am going to enjoy a piece of this ‘not so low calorie, but it is so worth it cheesecake!   Nom!  So if you want to serve an unusual looking and delicious cheesecake, this Polka Dot Cheesecake might just be the winner!  And now you know ‘How To Make A Polka Dot Cheesecake’ to impress your friends and family.  They’ll all want to know how you did it!

Yield: 1 - (9-inch) cheesecake

Polka Dot Cheesecake

Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

The crust is a combination of crushed Chocolate Teddy Grahams and chopped toasted almonds.  The cheesecake batter is flavored with almond and melted chocolate is added to a portion of the batter for the polka dots.

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Ingredients

• Polka Dot Cheesecake Recipe
• Crust:
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 6 Tablespoons Butter, melted
• 1-1/2 cups chocolate Teddy Graham crumbs
• 1 cup toasted and chopped Almonds
• Cheesecake:
• 4  (8-ounce) pkg. Cream Cheese - room temperature
• 1-1/4 cups Sugar
• 1-1/2 teaspoons Almond extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla 
• 4 large eggs - room temperature
• 4 (1-ounce) semisweet chocolate squares

Instructions

The crust:

Combine the 1/3 cup of sugar, melted butter, Teddy Graham crumbs, and the chopped almonds.  Press onto the bottom and about 1″ up the sides of a 9″ springform pan.  

Bake for 10 minutes at 350°.

Polka Dot Cheesecake batter:

In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until creamy.  Add the 1-1/4 cups of sugar and beat well.  One egg at a time, add to the bowl beating after each addition.  Add the almond extract, the vanilla, and mix well.

Remove 1-1/2 cups of the batter to a small mixing bowl or measuring cup.  Pour the remainder of the batter into the prepared pan.

Chocolate Batter

Stir the melted chocolate into the reserved batter in the small mixing bowl.

 Pour the chocolate batter into a Ziploc plastic bag.   Snip off one corner of the plastic bag.
Spoon the chocolate batter into a Ziploc freezer bag

 Insert the snipped corner into the middle of the white batter to a 1/2″ depth and squeeze about a 2″ circle of chocolate.  Remove and squeeze batter evenly into six 1-1/2″ circles around the edge of the pan.

Bake at 350° for 60 minutes in a bain-marie.  Open the oven slightly and allow the cheesecake to come to room temperature before refrigerating overnight or until it is completely chilled.