chocolate orange cheesecake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 1 hour cooling time
- A challenge
- Serves 12
Ingredients
- 150g butter
- 150g of orange flavoured biscuits crushed
- 75g caster sugar
- 2 eggs separated
- 450g Philadelphia cream cheese softened
- 1 1/2 tbsp of warm water
- 150g cocoa powder sieved
- 1 tbsp of custard powder
- 4 tbsp of single cream
- finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
- icing sugar orange slices and chocolate rind to decorate
Method
- STEP 1preheat the oven to 160 degrees C or gas mark 3. grease and line the base of a 22cm cake tin
- STEP 2melt 50g of the butter. stir the melted butter into biscuit crumbs and press into tin chill until required
- STEP 3cream together the remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy. gradually beat in the egg yolks and then the softened Philadelphia. in a separate bowl mix the warm water, cocoa powder and custard powder to form a firm paste.
- STEP 4slowly add the single cream and he phillidelphia mixture gradually add the orange zest and juice sir until evenly mixed
- STEP 5whisk the egg whites untill stiff and fold gently into the mixture. pour onto the biscuit base and bake for 1 hour leave the cheesecake to cool completely in the oven. decorate the cheesecake with a sprinkle of icing sugar, orange slices and chocolate curls
