Deep Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS

• 1 9.7-ounce bar Scharffen Berger 70% Cocoa Bittersweet Chocolate,* chopped
• 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 6 ounces Scharffen Berger 70% Cocoa Bittersweet Chocolate,* chopped
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Scharffen Berger)
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 24 chocolate wafer cookies (from one 9-ounce package)
• Bittersweet chocolate curls
• 4 large eggs