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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Cream Cheese Pie

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup creme de menthe liqueur
  • 2 teaspoons white creme de cacao
  • 1 (9 inch) prepared chocolate cookie crumb crust
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 55 mins

  • preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c.)
  • in a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. blend in sugar, eggs, creme de menthe, and white creme de cacao. pour into crust.
  • bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. cool completely.
  • in a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate until melted. stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth. blend in sour cream. spread over surface of cooled cheese cake. refrigerate 5 hours, or until firm before serving.

garbanzo bean chocolate cake (gluten free!)

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 (19 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins

  • preheat the oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
  • place the chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. cook in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring every 20 seconds after the first minute, until chocolate is melted and smooth. if you have a powerful microwave, reduce the power to 50 percent.
  • combine the beans and eggs in the bowl of a food processor. process until smooth. add the sugar and the baking powder, and pulse to blend. pour in the melted chocolate and blend until smooth, scraping down the corners to make sure chocolate is completely mixed. transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan.
  • bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes before inverting a serving plate. dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.