Kimberly Landson's Chocolate Almond Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup almond meal
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon splenda sugar substitute
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 combine crust ingredients and press into the bottom of a greased 9" (22.5cm) springform pan.
• 3 melt chocolate in microwave on medium, then let cool.
• 4 using electric mixer to beat cream cheese and splenda to blend.
• 5 beat eggs and extracts until smooth.
• 6 blend in chocolate and sour cream.
• 7 pour into prepared pan and bake in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes or until set.
• 8 turn off oven, leave door ajar, and let cool in oven for 1 hour.
• 9 refrigerate, in cake pan, at least 3 hours or overnight.
• 10 when completely cooled, remove pan sides.
• 11 top with whipped cream sweetened with splenda, and sprinkle with coarsely chopped almonds.