Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 c Chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 c Heavy cream
1 c Blanched almonds, lightly toasted and chopped
1/2 c Amaretto
2 ts Vanilla
1/3 c Sugar
4 Eggs
6 tb Butter, softened
2 c Sour cream
24 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 tb Sugar
1 c Sugar
1 c Blanched almonds, lightly toasted

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 375. Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter. Pat mixture on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan.

Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat mixture until light. Pour into crumb lined pan.

Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours.  Let stand on rack 5 minutes. Combine sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and sugar. Mix well and spread evenly over cake. Bake for 5 more minutes. Place on rack and let cool completely. 

When ready to serve, remove sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to the cake.