Easy Chocolate Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• butter-flavored cooking spray
• 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 12 ounces mascarpone cheese
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits & melted
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons strong brewed coffee

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. spray 9" spring form pan with butter spray.
• 2 pour crumbs into pan along with melted butter. combine mixture with a fork until well blended. press mixture with your fingers along the side of the pan up to the edge about an inch and along the bottom to make a crust.
• 3 bake for 6 minutes. set aside to cool.
• 4 while it's baking, make filling.
• 5 mix all ingredients with a spoon or your mixer on low speed. you need to do this while chocolate is hot.
• 6 be sure to keep mixing until the mixture is completely brown and no streaks of mascarpone cheese.
• 7 now pour the filling in the cooled crust and put the tart in your refrigerator. it needs to be refrigerated at least an hout to firm up.
• 8 after an hour, you will need to cover it with plastic wrap so it doesn't get a film on top.
• 9 you can sprinkle powdered sugar on top before serving.
• 10 important hint: take the tart out of the refrigerator about an hour ahead of serving. it tastes so much richer when it's just slightly cool and not cold. yummy!