Chocolate Cheesecake

This is especially dedicated to Antie Poji (the top cake in the photo above).

Before anything, let me caution you this cake serves 16 persons (or more kalau orang Melayu yang makan, I suppose. Or if Antie Poji makes this whole cake, she can invite us all for a tea party or something..) Whenever I make the cake (which I have not for the longest time because some people can eat and eat and eat the cake until it is all gone - lepas tu baru puas hati) as per the measurement in this recipe, I usually have lots to share with the neighbors, friends, office mates..

Note - you have to do the appropriate conversion to metrics since the recipe is gotten from a Yankee cookbook. You will need :

¾ cup butter
all purpose flour (ni tepung gandum la, amount needed given in directions)
sugar (amount needed given in directions)
3 egg yolks
5 8-oz packages cream cheese (read this as a whopping 40 oz!)
5 eggs
¼ cup milk
¼ teaspoon salt
8 oz semisweet chocolate, melted
whipped cream for garnish (optional)

1. In small bowl with mixer at low speed, beat butter, 1 ¼ cups flour, ¼ cup sugar, 1 egg yolk until dough is well mixed; cover; refrigerate 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Press ⅓ of dough into bottom of 10-inch springform pan (ie a baking pan where you can separate the base from the sides); reserve remaining dough in refrigerator. Bake bottom crust 8 minutes; cool. Turn oven control to475°F.
3. Meanwhile, in large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese just until smooth. Reduce speed to low, gradually beat in 1¾ cups sugar, 3 tablespoons flour and remaining ingredients except cream, until blended. At high speed, beat 5 minutes.
4. Press reserved dough around side of pan to within 1 inch of top, do not bake. Pour cheese mixture into pan, bake 12 minutes. Turn oven to 300°F; bake 50 mins. Turn off oven; leave in oven 30 minutes. Remove; cool in pan on rack for 30 minutes. Refrigerate, covered. Serve within 1 week, garnish with whipped cream, if you like.

ps - In the end I converted the measures to metrics after all (I round up the numbers), sebab kesian kat Antie Poji nanti kut lah dia tak tau nak convert kat mana..

300°F = 150°C
400°F = 205°
475°F = 250°
1 cup sugar = 225g
1 cup flour = 110g
1 cup butter = 225g

Have fun baking. And dont eat too much of the cake.

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