32 oz Cream cheese,

           -remove from wrappers and
           -soften
           -in microwave 2 minutes.
  1 1/4 c  Sugar

  1 1/4 c  Chocolate chips, melted

    1/4 c  Cornstarch

    1/2 c  Heavy cream

      5    Jumbo eggs,

           -shelled and warmed
           -in micro 25 secs.
      2 ts Vanilla or

    1/3 c  Amaretto

           -topping
      2 c  Sour cream

  1 1/2 ts Vanilla

    1/4 c  Sugar

  If using amaretto you may want to add 1/2 cup chopped almonds to crust or
  cake as well).
  Heat oven to 300 with pan of water on bottom shelf.
  Cream cheese until light. Add sugar, chocolate and beat again. Add eggs one
  at a time, beating after each. Mix in cream, cornstarch and vanilla.
  Pour into crust and bake for 65-75 minutes until firm around edges and
  stiff somewhat soft in middle. Run a knife around the edge.
  TOPPING: Mix and pour over hot cheesecake. Put cake back in oven for 5
  minutes. Cool cake completely. Drizzle with melted chocolate (and almonds
  if you opted for the amaretto). From: Sandee Eveland   Date: 09-03-93