Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate, Cakes/choc. 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
  1 1/2 c  chocolate wafer crumbs              6 tb butter, softened 
    1/3 c  heavy cream                         2 c  sour cream 
      1 c  blanched almonds, lightly          24 oz cream cheese, softened 
    1/2 c  Amaretto                            1 tb sugar 
      1 x  toasted and chopped                 1 c  sugar 
      2 ts vanilla                             1 c  blanched almonds, lightly 
    1/3 c  sugar                               1 x     toasted and chopped 
      4 ea eggs                            
  
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  Preheat oven to 375. Combine crumbs, almonds, sugar and butter.  Pat mixtur 
  on bottom and sides of a 10 inch springform pan.  cream together the cream 
  cheese, sugar, heavy cream, liqueur, and 1 t vanilla. Beat in eggs, 1 at a  
  beating well after each addition.  Beat mixture until light.  Pour into cru 
  lined pan.  Bake in middle of oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top of cake cra 
  and knife inserted in middle comes out clean.  Let stand on rack 5 minutes. 
   Combine sour cream, 1 t vanilla, and sugar. Mix well and spread evenly ove 
  cake.  Bake for 5 more minutes. Place on rack and let cool completely. cove 
  lightly with wax paper and let chill overnight.  When ready to serve, remov 
  sides from pan and garnish with toasted almonds around outer edge and on to 
  of cake. 
  Hope this fills the bill.