Chocolate Cheesecake Bars and Lemonade Party Cake

Chocolate Cheesecake Bars ~ oh, these are heavenly!!

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Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
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Crust
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 Tablespoons sugar
6 Tablespoons melted butter

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Mix cookies and sugar together.

Add butter and stir until combined.

Press mixture into a 13 X 9 pan.

Cheesecake
3 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
3 eggs
8 oz. sour cream
1 Tablespoon vanilla

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream the sugar, cream cheese, and flour with an electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy.

On medium low, add eggs one at a time, mixing well with each addition.

Add sour cream and vanilla and mix until just combined.

Pour on prepared crust and bake for about 45 minutes.

Remove and cool.

Prepare ganache.

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Chocolate Ganache8 oz. heavy whipping cream
2 oz. butter
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar

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Heat cream and butter on stove until just before boiling.

Remove from stove and pour over chocolate. Stir until completely combined.

Add confectioners’ sugar and beat with a wire whisk until combined and smooth.

Pour over cooled cheesecake.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Cut into bars and serve.

Makes about 30 bars.

Another delicious recipe!!

Lemonade Party Cake

Bake a lemon cake

Cool; poke holes

Pour mixture over top of cake

Put icing or cool whip on top

Enjoy!!

1.  Recipe:

1 lemon cake mix

Bake cake as directed on box

2.  Mixture to pour over cooled cake:

1 ~ 6 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

3/4 cup powdered sugar

Mix lemonade concentrate and powdered sugar. Pierce top of warm cake every 1/2 inch with long-tined fork, wiping fork occasionally to reduce sticking. Drizzle lemonade mixture evenly over top of cake. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.

3.  You can use a container of white icing.

NOTE:  When I made the cake I used icing, but it was way to sickening sweet.  The next time I bake this delicious cake I'm going to use cool whip instead.  That will help to make it less sweet!!  It is very, very good and soooooooo good!!!