Black Bottom Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 18 oreo cookies
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 large eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 cup light rum
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 teaspoons rum flavoring
• 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 2/3 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 (3 ounce) envelope whipped dessert topping mix
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon rum flavoring
• maraschino cherry, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 chocolate cookie crust: mix crumbled cookies and melted butter well. press evenly into bottom on greased 9 in cheesecake pan. set aside.
• 2 have all filling ingredients at room temperature. preheat oven to 350*.
• 3 in large bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and cornstarch with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 stir in 1/4 cup rum, 2 tsp vanilla and 1 1/4 tsp rum flavoring.
• 6 add melted chocolate, blending thoroughly. stir in 2/3 cup whipping cream.
• 7 pour chocolate rum mixture onto crust.
• 8 bake at 350 for 15 minute reduce heat to 200 and bake 2 hrs or until center no longer looks shiny or wet.
• 9 remove from oven and run knife around inside edge of pan. turn oven off and return cake to over for additional 2 hours
• 10 chill overnight.
• 11 chocolate rum whipped cream topping: in a bowl, combine 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped topping mix, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp cocoa and 1/4 tsp rum flavoring until well blended. beat with electric mixer until stiff.
• 12 spread whipped cream over cake. decorate top with cherries. keep chilled.