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  • February Cooking Club Challenge: Shokolate Cheesecake!

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    February Cooking Club Challenge: Shokolate Cheesecake!
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    by Nicole
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    Ingredients

    • 1 box (15.5 oz/440 g) low-fat brownie mix (such as Betty Crocker Fudge Brownies)
    • 2 cups 1% cottage cheese
    • 1 cup light sour cream (not fat-free)
    • 1 package (8 oz/250 g) light cream cheese, at room temperature
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
    • 6 ounces (170 g) semi-sweet chocolate squares, melted and cooled slightly (see Tip)
    • 1 cup fat-free egg substitute or 4 whole eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup fresh raspberries
    • Melted chocolate for drizzling (optional)
    • Per serving: 321 calories, 10 g total fat (5.9 g saturated fat), 11 g protein, 48 g carbohydrate, 2.7 g fibre, 65 mg cholesterol, 299 mg sodium

    Directions

    February Cooking Club Challenge: Shokolate Cheesecake!

    Yield: 16

    Ingredients :

    Directions:

    1. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Prepare brownies according to package directions, baking in springform pan instead of regular cake pan. Brownies should bake in 20 to 25 minutes.

    2. Remove pan from oven and reset temperature to 325ºF. Set brownie crust aside to cool slightly while you prepare filling.

    3. To make filling, whirl cottage cheese, sour cream and cream cheese in a blender until perfectly smooth. Scrape out mixture into a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, sift together sugar, cocoa and flour.

    4. Gradually add sugar mixture to cream-cheese mixture and beat on medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add melted chocolate and beat again, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat just until eggs are incorporated into batter.

    5. Before pouring batter over crust, lightly grease sides of pan. This will help prevent cheesecake from cracking as it cools. Pour batter over brownie crust and smooth top.

    6. Place on middle oven rack and bake for 60 to 70 minutes. Cake will be puffed up and center will jiggle slightly when pan is shaken.

    7. Turn off oven, open oven door halfway, and leave cake in oven to cool for 1 hour. Remove from oven, run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake from sides, and cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

    8. To serve, remove sides of pan, slice thinly (it’s rich!), and serve with fresh raspberries and chocolate drizzle, if desired.

    Per serving: 321 calories, 10 g total fat (5.9 g saturated fat), 11 g protein, 48 g carbohydrate, 2.7 g fibre, 65 mg cholesterol, 299 mg sodium

    I was pleasantly surprised with this cake. Very much so. Anytime I see “light” versions of cheesecake, I get a little worried. And it sounded wierd: I mean, there’s cottage cheese in here, for Pete’s sake! Yet as long as you take care to blend the ingredients properly, you end up with a wonderfully smooth cheesecake with a strong chocolate flavor that isn’t overwhelming. Just yummy. And, I have to admit, I LOVED the brownie crust. Chewy and fudgey. What a great change from cookie and/or graham wafer crusts that sometimes end up too hard after baking.

    I give this recipe 8 big chips out of a bag of 10.

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