I've made this cheesecake 4 times now. It comes out perfectly every time! I have made afew adjustments. I add vanilla extract only. Add alittle pinch of cinnamon to the crust. I also add walnuts finely chopped instead of almonds. I've increased the nuts to 1 cup and it's very yummy. Also, I only use about 1 cup of the filling to mix into the melted chocolate. Make sure the eggs/sour cream/cream cheese are all at room temp. I will even microwave my cream cheese in a bowl for about 30 seconds just to make sure it's nice and soft. Good luck and happy baking!!

very good cake. not too rich was well enjoyed by everyone this is one of the better cheese cake recipes i have seen

Very good and very easy. Only changes I made was 1 cup of butter for crust, and increased baking time to 55 minutes. Made for my daughter's 21st birthday, was a bit hit.

ALMOND is the key word. That is the dominant taste. I will lessen the amount of extract next time. May do 1/2vanilla1/2almond extract. Yes, there will be a next time. Creamy and easy to make. I suggest a water bath also.

A nice, creamy cheesecake. Not great flavor, but very good. Like most cooks I have a few suggestions. 1) Wrap the springform pan with foil! The crust calls for A LOT of butter - next time I'd use half - so a lot of oil seeped out during baking. 2) I used chocolate filled oreos for the crust, gave it a great flavor. 3) added a dash of vanilla, too, as well as a pinch of salt: I always feel that enhances a sweet dish. The baking times/methods were perfect, I just loosened the sides of the cake from the pan while it was still warm. No cracks (though , other than the initial presentation, I don't know what all the "crack-fuss" is about. So a cheesecake cracks, so what? It doesn't affect the taste one iota; and let's face it, after the first slice no one would notice anyway! All-in-all, a nice creamy texture and not too dense (like some recipes in this genre tend to be).

This cheesecake was delicious! I did not add sugar to the crust and I substituted greek yogurt for half of the sour cream. I will definitely make this one again!

Good and easy to make cheesecake. I didn't have chocolate cookies to make the crust so I used other cookies and added some cocoa. The taste wasn't quite as it should be but there's no way I'm docking a star for something I did to the recipe. I'll be making it again with the chocolate cookies. Served with whipped cream. By the way, I followed the baking instructions - i.e. leaving it in the closed oven for an hour after baking and - NO cracks.

Wonderful! Everyone raved about this dessert, especially the crust. The only thing that needed changing is the ratio of melted butter to the crust mixture. If you make the given amount of crust (3 cups of chocolate cookie crumbs, which yields a thicker crust) then you need a full cup of melted butter. If you make a thinner crust of 2 cups of chocolate crumbs, then a half cup should be fine. For the cookie crumbs, I used chocolate animal crackers, but realized after the fact that chocolate graham crackers would have worked great as well. I almost left out the almond pieces in the crust, but they were actually one of the complimented aspects. And for those who don't like nuts--you can't taste it at all. I did use the full teaspoon of almond extract, and although I could really taste it in the batter, didn't think it was too strong in the finished product. I definitely wouldn't use more, but don't feel that less is needed unless you hate the taste of almond. The marble effect turned out well even though the "swirling" method with a knife didn't work for me; I think this method will only work if you pour the smaller amount of chocolate batter on the crust first and then pour the remaining vanilla batter on top. Be sure to follow instructions with baking and cooling. I didn't refrigerate overnight (4 hours before serving was sufficient), but be sure the cake is at room temperature before chilling otherwise it might crack. This will surely be a hit!

Delicious! Sweet and yet a bit tart. The whole family loved it. I cooked it on a lower temp for about 25 mins longer, however it still ended up cracking. Good thing cracks don't alter the scrumptious taste.

Excellent! Very strong chocolate and almond taste. Followed the recipe exactly as written.