Baked Chocolate Cheesecake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
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- Ingredients
- 150g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids
- 275g caster sugar
- 225g digestive biscuits, crushed
- 160g Butter, melted
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 500g full-fat soft cheese
- 142ml carton of Soured cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3.step 2
Melt the chocolate and 125g of sugar in a bain-marie (a bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water). Set aside to cool slightly.step 3
Meanwhile make the biscuit base by mixing together the crushed digestives, melted butter and sugar. Press into a 20cm spring-form tin.step 4
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, remaining caster sugar, soured cream, vanilla extract and eggs until well-mixed.step 5
Pour half the mixture into the bowl with the melted chocolate and mix in thoroughly.step 6
Spoon in alternate amounts of the plain vanilla mixture and the chocolate one onto the biscuit base. Bake for 50 minutes until firm, cool before serving.
