Raspberry Tuxedo Cheesecake - a vanilla cheesecake sits on a chocolate cookie crumb base, topped with raspberry compote and a drizzle of chocolate ganache. Pure decadence!
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time1hour10minutes
Total Time1hour40minutes
Servings16servings
Calories432kcal
Ingredients
For the cookie crumb crust
1 1/2cupschocolate cookie crumbs
2tbspsugar
1/4cupmelted butter
For the cheesecake layer
3cupscream cheese
1cupsugar
3eggs
1tbspvanilla extract
1cupwhipping cream
For the Raspberry Compote
2cupsfresh or frozen raspberries
½cupsugar
¼cupcold water
1 ½tspcorn starch
For the Chocolate Ganache Glaze
¼cupwhipping cream
¾cupsemisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
To prepare the cookie crumb crust
In a small bowl, combine the cookie crumbs, sugar and butter.
Press into the bottom of a lightly greased 9 or 10 inch springform pan. (Grease bottom only!)
Alternatively you can line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper which will help to release the cheesecake from the pan.
To prepare the cheesecake layer
Cream together the cream cheese and sugar.
Add the eggs , one at a time beating well after each addition.
Beat in the vanilla extract.
Finally blend in the whipping cream.
Pour over the prepared base and bake in a bain marie at 325 degrees F for 60 minutes to 70. The cheesecake should just be beginning to lightly brown at the edges (although it need not brown at all to be done) and the surface of the cheesecake should lose any shine when the cake is properly baked. It can still be slightly wobbly just at the center at this point.
Remove the cake from the oven and run a sharp knife completely around the edge of the pan. This will allow for the cheesecake to shrink as it cools and hopefully not crack (but who cares if it does? I am never bothered by a crack or two in the surface) Allow the cheesecake to cool thoroughly on a wire rack at room temperature. (NOT in the fridge).
Top with fresh raspberries or raspberry compote and a drizzle of chocolate ganache. Another serving suggestion is to use fresh raspberries and a raspberry sauce that can be made the same way as the raspberry compote except prepared to a thinner consistency and run it through a metal sieve to remove the seeds. The sauce can then be poured over the raspberries before drizzling the ganache as shown in the photo below.
To prepare the Chocolate Ganache Glaze
In a heavy bottomed pot, scald but do not boil the whipping cream over low heat. This will take only a minute to make it steam.
Then melt in the chocolate chips on the lowest heat.
Pour over cooled cake or to create Ganache lace, cool slightly and spoon into piping bag fitted with a number 3 tip. Pipe over the entire cake in a circular, overlapping swirling pattern, repeating coverage all over the cake until all Ganache glaze is used.
Garnish with fresh raspberries.
To prepare the Raspberry Compote
Bring the raspberries and sugar to a gentle boil.
Dissolve the cornstarch in the water and add to the boiling raspberries stirring constantly until thickened.
Simmer for an additional minute, remove from heat and allow the compote to cool to room temperature.