The final component for my Valentines Day dinner, and arguably the most important part, is the dessert and it is the perfect time to go for something a little more decadent! I am a huge fan of cheesecake and at first I was thinking that a pink strawberry cheesecake was the way to go but then I was thinking that I would absolutely have to include chocolate somehow. A white chocolate strawberry cheesecake would have been nice but I was more in the mood for dark chocolate and I was thinking that dark chocolate is even better with raspberries and that was when I arrived at my final idea for this raspberry and dark chocolate cheesecake. I kept things really simple making a classic cheesecake but then I hid a layer of dark chocolate and fresh raspberries in the middle for a Valentines Day surprise. You can get an even bigger chocolate fix by serving the raspberry cheesecake drizzled with a chocolate sauce.
This slice did not last long!
Raspberry and Dark Chocolate Cheesecake
A cheesecake with a hidden surprise of raspberries and dark chocolate!
ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup raspberries
- 2 ounces dark chocolate, melted
directions
- Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter and press into the bottom and up 1 inch along the sides of a 9 inch spring form pan.
- Beat the cream cheese until smooth and then beat in the sugar followed by the eggs, one at a time, the sour cream and the vanilla extract.
- Pour 1/4 of the mixture into the spring form pan, sprinkle on the raspberries, drizzle with chocolate and cover with the remaining cheese mixture.
- Double wrap the bottom of the spring-from pan with foil, place it in an oven safe pan and pour recently boiled water into the into the pan so that it goes one inch up the foil wrapping.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until there is just a small wobble in the middle when shaken, about an hour.
- Let cool, remove the foil, cover in plastic and place in the fridge over night.
- Serve garnished with fresh raspberries and chocolate drizzle.
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Gorgeous! This is definitely going on my 'to bake' list! Yum! 🙂
kevin raspberries & chocolates are my all time favorite.
i drink raspberry coulis like water–it's gross really, but so good.
happy valentines day to you.
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Perfectly done!
Whoa! That is some dinner, and dessert looks so decadent! Really beautiful!
Yummy and mouth watering cheesecake!
Wow, this looks delicious! I love the dark chocolate and raspberry combo!
Oh my gosh I love cheesecake. Looking at this makes me want to run to the store. There is no way I'm going to make this like you did.
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My mouth is watering just by looking at it…
Oh wow! This looks so good…I wish I had a slice to go with my late night food blog browsing!!
A beautiful cheesecake! The flavors are divine.
Cheers,
Rosa
Delicious!!! Perfect for today 🙂
Wow I love raspberries!!
Great cake
That surprise layer in the middle sounds like such a delicious way to break up all that creamy richness! Fabulous cake.
Kevin, great job this is a fantastic pic!
Yum and more yum! It's the dessert to have at valentine's day for sure! I really do like the tip about double wrapping the cake tin.
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Oh Kevin!
This looks fantastic ……… raspberry!
Now I just have to figure out the ratio of marscapone and ricotta.
This is just divine! What a delicious combination!
Beautiful Cheesecake! Perfect for today's Valentine's Day celebration.
This looks wonderful, Kevin! I wish I wasn't on a diet!!! I'm a huge chocoholic and cheesecake fan…this is making me drool!
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oh boy…you're killing me right now. My mouth is watering….
Will definitely making this!
Thanks for sharing, Kevin!
Happy Valentines Day Kevin! This is one of the most gorgeous and decadent cheesecake!
Cheers:)
Judit & Corina
I love cheesecakes and the flavors in this sound scrumptious!
hmmm yum !
The picture is absolutely scrumptious! Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts and I love raspberries with chocolote. This is definitely a winning combination!
I love cheesecake and this looks phenomenal!
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Dam this cheese cake looks amazing, I will be trying to make it soon, well make it a low carb version.
This was a great choice. It looks amazing, and I'm sure it tasted awesome too. great job!
Wow, looks delicious! Really liked your blog, everything really tasty… Added to my favorits. Congrats from Brazil!
Cecilia
The person who invented cheesecake was a genius, but an evil one. I can never resist its delicious creaminess 🙁
Haha, thanks for the recipe though!
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Wonderfully delicious! I made this last week and it was awesome. I did use a chocolate raspberry cookie crust. You can't miss with raspberries & chocolate. Thanks Kevin!
This is very delicious. I hope I can share this with my delicious.com and gourmandia.com
Looks amazing, Kevin! Just curious, what is the best rack to bake the cheesecake on? The middle (two slots under the top rack for my oven), or upper-middle rack (one slot under the top rock)? Thank you.
Jennifer: The middle oven rack, two below the top.
this look amazing but it was much more difficult to have it look amazing when done at home haha! I must admit, i tried and failed when it came to appearance but the flavor was there! Thanks for a great recipe! I'll definitely try this again and again until i make it look perfect – and gain 20 lbs in the meantime lol!
My husband said, "Doesn't Kevin have a bacon cheesecake?"
Hungry Mom: Not yet but I am thinking about it now! 🙂
I used this recipe to make a plain cheesecake for dessert at Christmas dinner. WOW! What a great cheesecake! It was sooooooo good and creamy. I have made cheesecakes before and this was, by far, the best recipe. Usually the crust is just graham crackers, and butter. The extra bit of sugar makes it just perfect. Also the sour cream, I believe, was key in making the filling so so good. Thank you!
Jojo: I am glad you enjoyed it!
Looks delicious, Kevin! You really have a way of making me forget about calories. Thanks for sharing!
Jodee Weiland: You definitely need to indulge every once in a while! 🙂
I am making this right now for my hubby and son! Oh so decadent!
can frozen raspberries be used and should they be frozen or defrosted
Anonymous: You can use frozen raspberries and either thaw them or just throw them in frozen, but the baking time may increase so use the wobble test to ensure that it is set.
THIS SAYS DARK CHOC CHEESE CAKE.. BUT THERE IS NO DARK CHOCOLATE IN THE CAKE BUT A DRIZZLE IN THE MIXTURE. THE PHOTO "LOOKS" LIKE A WHITE CHOC CHEESE CAKE …..JUST SAYING..
BARBARA JOHNSON: There is dark chocolate in the middle with the raspberry layer. When the cheesecake is chilled from the fridge the chocolate in that layer is nice and solid adding that extra layer of texture and a dark chocolate experience that you can really bite into!
Kevin, thank you for this recipe..chocolate and raspberries are one of my all time flavour combos..I've added this to my recipe collection..
Kevin, I’m wondering if Cherries might be a good substitute with the chocolate and cheesecake mix.
The family is not fond of raspberries and the seeds in every bite. I thought about a good thickened mix
of cherries and some almond flavoring. But, I do this a lot and some of my ideas aren’t as good as my mind’s eye likes to be. Any thoughts?
By the by, I don’t see any answers when I write a comment. Do I need to return to each recipe to find your responses?
Cherries and almond flavour would be good in this cheesecake!