MOCHA CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE
From genna_gp 15 years ago
- 300 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Perfect for a Summer Dessert Canbe prepared a couple of days in advance.
Ingredients
- biscuit CRUMB CRUST: shopping list
- 500 ml biscuit crumbs (I like Tennis- or Digestive biscuit crumbs) shopping list
- 125 g butter, melted shopping list
- 20 ml (4 teaspoons) cocoa powder, sifted shopping list
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) sugar shopping list
- 5 ml (1 teaspoon) ground cinnamon shopping list
- CHEESCAKE FILLING: shopping list
- 500 g cream cheese shopping list
- 200 ml (4/5 cup) caster sugar shopping list
- 4 eggs, separated shopping list
- 10 ml (2 teaspoons) vanilla essence shopping list
- 200 g bitter chocolate, melted over simmering water shopping list
- 20 ml (4 teaspoons) instant coffee (Nescafe) shopping list
- 20 ml (4 teaspoons) gelatin shopping list
- 60 ml (4 tablespoons) water shopping list
- 250 ml cream, whipped shopping list
- chocolate shavings to decorate shopping list
How to make it
- Grease a 25 cm spring form cake tin.
- CRUMB CRUST
- Mix all the ingredients together and press into the prepared cake tin. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- FILLING:
- Beat the cream cheese and 100g sugar together.
- Add the egg yolks and vanilla essence and beat until very smooth.
- Add the melted chocolate to the cream cheese mixture and beat until well combined.
- Whisk the egg whites with the remaining 100 g caster sugar until stiff and glossy.
- Soak the gelatin in the water until spongy.
- Place over simmering water until dissolved. Dissolve the instant coffee in a tablespoon of hot water.
- Add to the gelatin and mix well.
- Add the gelatin mixture to the cream cheese mixture and beat very well.
- Fold in the whipped cream and then the stiffly beaten egg whites. Spoon the cheese cake filling into the prepared biscuit crust, cover with plastic cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 5 hours.
- Garnish with chocolate shavings and serve generous portions
The Rating
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This sounds absolutely sinful! Thanks....I love mocha!
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Cheesecake RULES!! I added it to the group, Cheesecake Lovers.
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Absolutely love it!
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