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Bring the cheese to room temperature.
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Melt the butter in the microwave just before using.
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Lightly grease the cake pan with butter (amount separate from listed ingredients) and line with kitchen parchment paper.
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Put the chocolate cookies into a plastic bag and use a rolling pin to crush them into fine crumbs.
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Melt 30 g of butter in the microwave and mix well into the cookie crumbs.
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Press the cookie mixture into the bottom of the pan.
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If you pack them in well, the crust won't break when you cut the cake.
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Preheat the oven to 170C.
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Cream the cream cheese with a rubber spatula until soft.
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Add the granulated sugar and mix.
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Add the sour cream, unsalted butter, egg yolk, and whole egg to the cream cheese and mix well.
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Finally, add the corn starch and mix.
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Pour the batter into the cake pan.
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Bake for about 50 minutes in a water bath at 170C.
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If you don't have a water bath function, bake in an oven at 170C with a baking sheet of water.
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Once baked, let cool.
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When freshly baked, it will have expanded, but once cooled, it will fall.
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Once cooled, let chill in the refrigerator and it's done!
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Top as you like with powdered sugar so that it looks even more delicious.
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Note: If you make it in a square pan, you can make cheesecake sticks.
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On Valentine's Day, you can serve it with cocoa.
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[Variation 1] If you don't like a bitter taste, you can make the crust with graham crackers instead!
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[Variation 2] Melt 25 g of chocolate in a double boiler and mix with 10 g of the cake batter after Step 5.
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Use the mixture to marbleize the batter.
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For a great White Day gift, try this cookie recipe
