chocolate-raspberry cheesecake

ingredients: 1 1/2 cups finely crushed graham crackers 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar 1/3 cup butter, melted 2 cups fresh or frozen loose-pack raspberries, thawed 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar 3 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened 14 can can sweetened condensed milk 4 eggs

ingredients (contd.): 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces (6 oz.), melted and cooled

directions: 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For crust, combine crushed crackers and powdered sugar; stir in melted butter. Press onto bottom and about 2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.

2.In a small bowl stir together 1 cup of the raspberries and the granulated sugar. Set aside. For filling, in a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese and condensed milk with an electric mixer until combined. Add eggs and vanilla; beat just until combined. Divide batter in half.

Stir melted chocolate into half of the batter. Pour chocolate batter into crust-lined pan. Stir raspberry-sugar mixture into remaining batter. Spoon raspberry batter over chocolate batter.

3.Place pan on a shallow baking pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until center appears nearly set when pan is gently shaken. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Loosen crust from sides of pan. Cool 30 minutes. Remove sides of pan; cool cake completely. Cover; chill at least 4 hours.

Serve with remaining raspberries. Makes 16 servings