Chocolate Orange Cheesecake


1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
¼ teaspoon cinnamon.
Three tablespoons margarine.
32 ounce (900g) cream cheese.
¾ cup sugar.
4 large eggs.
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla.
½ cup semisweet chocolate.
2 tablespoons orange flavoured liqueur.
½ teaspoon grated orange zest

Melt margarine.
Soften the cream cheese.
Melt the chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler.
Combine thoroughly the margarine cinnamon and chocolate crumbs.
Press the resultant mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch (23 cm) springform pan.
Bake at 325°F (163°C) for 10 minutes.
Combine the sugar and cream cheese mixing at medium speed in an electric mixer until well blended.
Add the eggs one at a time mixing very well after each addition.
Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Blend the chocolate into 3 cups batter, blend the liqueur and orange zest into remaining batter.
Pour the chocolate batter over the pie crust, bake at 350°F (180°C) for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F. (160°C)
Spoon the remaining batter over the chocolate batter continue baking for 30 minutes more. Remove the cake from the oven, loosen the cake from the rim of the pan, cool before removing the rim of the pan chill in refrigerator.