Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2012

This cheesecake is freaking awesome! This was the first time I had made a cheesecake, and it could not have turned out better. I made a chocolate graham cracker crust for it and was also a little bit generous with brandy for the sauce. If I can make this cheese cake, anybody can.

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ztucker86

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2012

This recipe was my first introduction to baking a cheesecake and was a huge hit. It's now "the" requested dessert whenever we are invited out to dinner. It takes time but is not daunting and I bake the cheesecake over a bath of hot water which works very well. Many thanks for an awesome recipe!

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Barefoot Bellringer

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

I only made the sauce for a cooking event at my house and served with fruit. Oh my was it yummy. Thanks for sharing.

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abailey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Syracuse, New York, USA

Living In: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

The first cheesecake ive ever made and it turned out amazing, so much that the guests from last night left a hastily written note about it on there way out the next morning next to some crumbs from the piece they took for the road

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nfitz0

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2011

I love this recipe and have made it several times. What I don't get is that the photo shown here seems to be a dark chocolate sauce and some kind of whipped cream on the side with brandy in it maybe? Please explain! Also even though the cheesecake itself has turned out perfect everytime, my brandy sauce always seems to be thin and liquidy. Any comments on that would be appreciated, since I will be making this a lot in the future!

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symbalanz

Cooking Level: Professional

Living In: Olympia, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2011

First cheesecake, friends loved it !

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Shigure~

Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2011

I've made this 3 times now. I would give it more stars if I could! I think the brandy sauce is a MUST. We made it last time with coffee flavored liqueur instead of brandy and it was good, but not as good as the with the brandy. We also line the top with freshly thin sliced strawberries and drizzle the brandy sauce over that and it comes out perfect every single time.

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tscogswell

Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2011

This cheesecake is very forgiving when it comes to the amounts of ingredients and it is always tasting great.

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Ronald

Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2011

This is a fabulous recipe! To make it more family freindly, i added the brandy to the cake then cooked out the alchole and felt it didn't need the added calories/chocolate with all that drizzle and was fabulous enough by itself!! Even used weight watchers cream cheese to make it lighter ;) DELISH!!

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JENNIFERKATIE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Yelm, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2011

I am not a fan of cheesecake, but this one is something I could eat the whole pan of! It doesn't have that super dense feel to it and melts in your mouth! Topped with some fresh berries and drizzle some chocolate on top and it has become a favorite with my family and coworkers!!

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