Royal Marble Cheesecake

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Royal Marble Cheesecake

Ingredients:

6 oz. Pkg. (1 cup) Nestle's Semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 cup Pillsbury's Best Flour (regular or instant blending)
2 T and 1 c sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 C. Land O'Lakes Butter
3 8 oz. Pkgs. Cream cheese, room temp.
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c dairy sour cream
6 eggs

Preparation:

Melt chocolate morsels in top of double boiler. Combine 3/4 C. Flour, 2T. sugar and salt. Cut in butter until particles are fine. Stir in 2 T. melted chocolate. Press into bottom of 9" springform pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Soften cream cheese with 1 c sugar in large mixing bowl. Blend in 1/4 c flour and vanilla extract. Blend in sour cream. Beat in 6 whole eggs, one at a time (beat well after each one). Combine remaining chocolate with 1 1/2 cups of cheese mixture. Pour 1/2 of plain mixture onto baked crust. Top with spoonfuls of half the chocolate mixture. Cover with remaining plain mixture. Then chocolate mixture. Cut through batter with spatula to marble. Place in 400 degree oven. Then immediately set at 300 degrees. Bake 1 hour. Turn off oven; let remain in closed oven for 1 hour. Cool away from draft 2-3 hours. Chill at least 8 hours before serving. To cut, use wet, hot, sharp knife. Yield: 16 servings