Black Forest cheesecake
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Black Forest cheesecake

This make-ahead cherry pudding with cookie base and chocolate collar is a fantastic final flourish to a meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10 - 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins + overnight chilling

Method

  1. Whizz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor and mix with the melted butter. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of a 20cm springform tin.
  2. Beat the mascarpone with the vanilla until smooth. Very softly whip the double cream with the kirsch then mix with the mascarpone. Finally, fold in the melted chocolates and cherries.
  3. Spoon into the tin, swirl the mix a bit on top so you leave indents for the cherry syrup to go on top, and chill overnight.
  4. Make a chocolate collar following the step-by-step guide.
  5. Serve with some of the syrup from the jar and extra cherries if you like.

PER SERVING

721 kcalories, protein 9.9g, carbohydrate 50.4g, fat 52.3 g, saturated fat 32.0g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from olive magazine, January 2012.

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  • 29 December 2011

    Rita Nura commented on this recipe

    I'll change milk chocolate with dark chocolate ;-)

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  • 29 December 2011

    lm0503 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this because I wanted to make a gluten free chocolate cake as a Christmas gift and have found all the recipes uninspiring. I substituted the choc chip cookies for gluten free ones and omitted the cherries and kirsch because I thought it might put kids off. It's just chilling nicely in the fridge now and the mixture tastes absolutely delicious! Really simple to make. I pre-cooled the biscuit base just in case it made the mixture go sloppy - I find that happens with cream and warm things! (I'm not gonna bother with the collar because I can imagine it will go wrong, and where I am chocolate is very expensive and I can't afford to mess it up!)

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  • 29 December 2011

    Kathryn commented on this recipe

    Good Food Where is the step by step guide for the chocolate collar? I can't see it on this page.

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  • 29 December 2011

    Alice commented on this recipe

    I also wondered about the chocolate collar????

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  • 29 December 2011

    Beccibob commented on this recipe

    where is the guide for the collar....its the part that makes it look so fab!

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  • 29 December 2011

    HoldenOn commented on this recipe

    Try clicking on the link in the image where it says "See this recipe step by step?"

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  • 29 December 2011

    Inga rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is so quick and easy and tastes amazing!

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  • 29 December 2011

    anna commented on this recipe

    Where's the method of the collar?!!

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  • 02 January 2012

    Sunflower rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a family party on New Year's Day and it looked exactly like the picture and tasted delicious! I added extra cherries too as they were so tasty soaked in the cherry brandy. Yum!

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  • 03 January 2012

    Ticket rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a New Years Day party and it was amazing. The chocolate collar worked wonderfully and the cake attracted many positive comments, including for the taste!. Easy to make and I will definitely be doing it again.

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  • 05 January 2012

    PattiP commented on this recipe

    I made this recipe for a lunch party on 30 December. First thing I would say was to base line your cake tin with silicone paper before putting in the base and to line the sides before adding the cheesecake mixture. Despite a non stick springform cake tin the base was difficult to remove. However apart from that the recipe was easy to make and the collar surprisingly simple to do. I added more cherries than recommended and all the guests complimented me on it. Absolutely yummy!

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  • 19 January 2012

    Jill's commented on this recipe

    Clicked on "See this recipe step by step", but it won't allow me to scroll to the bottom, so I can only see step 1 of 3.

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  • 28 January 2012

    Tinx rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! Just made it for the second time this morning. I used 350g of cherries and half and half of mascarpone and full fat soft cheese because that's what I had in the fridge. Really simple, looks and tastes great!

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  • 28 January 2012

    Tinx commented on this recipe

    Lovely! Just made it for the second time this morning. I used 350g of cherries and half and half of mascarpone and full fat soft cheese because that's what I had in the fridge. Really simple, looks and tastes great!

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  • 28 January 2012

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  • 16 February 2012

    cj82 commented on this recipe

    I am going to make this this weekend. I was just wondering how much you need to whip the cream? Until it is stiff, or just to thicken it slightly? Thanks in advance

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  • 26 February 2012

    Pollymg commented on this recipe

    WOW! Made it twice now and both times it has gone down a storm. Easy to make, full of flavour and looks fab. I left out the Kirsh and used a tin of cherries in syrup instead to suit my taste. Have a go...you won't be disapointed.

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  • 17 June 2012

    Charlotte rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Disappointing but I think I know what went wrong. I beat the Marscapone with an electric whisk rather than by hand, thinking I'd save some elbow grease. Unfortunately this resulted in the cheese becoming a slightly strange almost grainy, curdled texture which meant the cheesecake itself was really quite nasty and tasted greasy (although my husband said he enjoyed it.) I think the plain and milk chocolate combo worked quite well even though I usually prefer dark - the addition of milk gave some pleasant sweetness. I might try this again with cream cheese rather than marscapone for some extra tang. The syrup drizzled on the top would be better if it was thicker - I'd be tempted to boil it with some arrowroot as in other blackforest recipes. Twenty cherries is nowhere near enough.

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  • 13 August 2012

    MarielleB rated this recipe

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  • 20 November 2012

    Carlylion rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this for Christmas last year and I'm making it again this year on demand! Was definitely a favourite with family & friends, what compliments! I didn't make the collar, I just melted the chocolate and cut triangles to stick up from each portion. Yum yum yum, cannot wait to make it this year!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10 - 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins + overnight chilling

Ingredients

  • 175g double chocolate chip cookies (choc cookies with choc chips)
  • 50g butter , melted
  • 500g mascarpone
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 300ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp kirsch
  • 200g milk chocolate , melted and cooled
  • 200g plain chocolate , melted and cooled
  • 20 cherries in kirsch, plus some of the syrup from the jar for decorating

COLLAR

  • 200g plain chocolate , melted and cooled
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PER SERVING

721 kcalories, protein 9.9g, carbohydrate 50.4g, fat 52.3 g, saturated fat 32.0g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.3 g

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