Amaretto Cheese Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (18 1/2 oz.) pkg. yellow cake mix, divided
    4 eggs, divided
    2 Tbsp. oil
    2 pkg. cream cheese, at room temperature
    1/2 c. sugar
    1 Tbsp. almond extract
    3 Tbsp. lemon juice
    1/4 to 1/3 c. Amaretto liqueur plus milk to make 1 1/2 c.
    2 pkg. unsweetened baking chocolate
    sliced almonds
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 300\u00b0.
    Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix.
    Combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg and oil.
    Mix well.
    Put in bottom and side of 9 x 13-inch pan.
    In same bowl, beat cream cheese, 3 eggs and sugar until smooth.
    Add reserved cake mix, almond and lemon juice, milk and Amaretto.
    Reserve 1/3 of cream cheese mix.
    Pour remaining into crust.
    Mix chocolate into remaining cheese mix and pour over cheese in pan, cutting with a knife to make marble effect.
    Sprinkle with almonds.
    Bake 45 to 50 minutes.

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