Marble Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon lemon flavoring
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup heavy cream (1/2 plus 1/4)
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe

• 1 beat cream cheese until smooth. (seriously, no lumps!)
• 2 add sugar, vanilla, and lemon flavoring and mix well.
• 3 slowly add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 4 add 1/2 cup heavy cream and blend until smooth.
• 5 lightly grease and flour (can skip the flouring to make it gluten-free or use alternative) a 9-inch springform pan and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 6 remove 1 1/2 cups of cheese mixture to a small bowl and stir in the melted chocolate.
• 7 add remaining 1/4 cup cream to remaining cheese mixture and pour into springform pan.
• 8 add 1 1/2 cups of chocolate cheese mixture to pan in spoonfuls dotted around top of cake.
• 9 with tip of knife, run blade through cheesecake, swirling mixture together.
• 10 place springform pan in a water bath and bake for 15 minutes.
• 11 reduce temperature to 325 degrees and cook an additional 40 to 50 minutes, until center of cheesecake is set.
• 12 cool and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
• 13 tips: it's generally done when there is only a 2-3 inch spot in the center that jiggles. several small cracks is fine and often just he nature of the cheesecake but if you get a larger crack through the middle of it, then it is a sign that it has been over baked.
• 14 also, if you cool the cheesecake too quickly you may get cracks. let it cool on top of one of the stove burners with an inverted plate resting on top.