Low-Fat Chocolate Marble Cheesecake

Name: Low-Fat Chocolate Marble Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 9 , whole graham crackers, broken into rough pieces; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1 pound (454 grams), 1% cottage cheese, drained 10 to 24 hours; 1 pound (454 grams), plain low-fat yogurt, drained 10 to 24 hours; 1 pound (454 grams), light cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces/298 grams) plus 2 tablespoons, sugar; 2 tablespoons, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 , large eggs, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa powder

Desserts or Baked Goods
Light
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2007

Most low-fat marble cheesecakes don't have much chocolate flavor and, frankly, aren't worth eating. A potent paste made from cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla gives the chocolate swirls in this light cheesecake plenty of flavor.

SERVES 12

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