This one really looks good. A little bit of trivia a true truffle is a fungus which grows under ground in France. Specially trained pigs are used to find them. The pig begins to rut when it finds a truffle, the handler then pushes the pig out of the way before Porky ends up eating all the truffles. They are then collected and used in desserts, and are highly expensive. Most people nowadays will never nor have ever tasted a true truffle. I think I could happily live without having had the experience ;)
Fudge Truffle Cheesecake
Makes 14 servings
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together crushed vanilla wafers, powdered sugar, cocoa, and butter or margarine by hand. Press ingredients into a 9 inch spring form pan.
- In the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate chips, making sure that they are very smooth.
- In a large bowl, (using an electric blender) beat cream cheese until fluffy.
- Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth.
- Add melted chocolate, eggs, and vanilla.
- Beat on a low speed until the ingredients are thoroughly blended.
- Pour the filling into the prepared crust.
- Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 55 minutes.
- The cake will seem under baked in the center, but will continue to cook after you remove it from the oven.