Brownie-Bottom Lemon Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• Bittersweet chocolate curls or shavings
• 1¾ cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• nonstick vegetable-oil spray
• + 17 more ingredients
• • Offset spatula
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 ½ teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 5 large eggs
  • ¼ cup (packed) golden brown sugar
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (54% to 60% cacao)
  • 5 8-ounce packages cream cheese
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 lemon
  • 9 -inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch- to 3-inch-high sides

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray inside of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-to 3-inch-high sides with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, cocoa, and salt in small bowl; set aside. Combine chocolate and butter in medium metal bowl; place bowl over saucepan of simmering water and stir until melt...

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