Double chocolate and orange cheesecake.

Chocolatey orange goodness. 

Ingredients you will need: 

For the cheesecake 

- 900g of soft cream cheese at room temperature (Philadelphia works well)

- 200g of golden caster sugar

- 4 tablespoons of cocoa, sifted

- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

- 2 tablespoons of Cointreau

- the rind of 1 orange

- 3 eggs

- 284ml soured cream

- 284ml double cream

- 100 g dark orange chocolate, melted

- chocolate curls or whatever you would like to decorate the cheesecake with

For the biscuit base

- 100g melted butter, plus a little extra for greasing

- 14 plain chocolate digestives, finely crushed

Method: 

1. Preheat the oven to fan 160ºC. Line the base of a 25cm springform tin with baking parchment and then mix the melted butter and biscuit crumbs until well blended. Press firmly onto the base of the tin and bake for 10 mins.

2. Take the cheesecake base out of the oven and turn oven temperature up to fan 220ºC. Put the cream cheese and sugar in an electric whisk and beat until smooth and creamy. Then whisk in the cocoa, vanilla, Cointreau, eggs, soured cream, orange rind and half the melted orange chocolate. Stir enough milk into the remaining chocolate to make a sauce consistency, then set aside until ready to decorate the cheesecake.

3. Put a little melted butter on some kitchen paper and use it to butter the sides of the cake tin, then pour in the cheesecake mixture and smooth the top. Bake for 10 mins, then turn the heat down to fan 90ºC for 25-30 mins, the filling should be set, but with a slight wobble in the centre. Turn off the oven, open the door a crack, then leave the cheesecake to cool in the oven for 2 hrs. After take the cheesecake out of the oven and chill until ready to serve.

4. To decorate the cheesecake, carefully remove it from the tin and strip the lining paper from the base. Lightly whip the cream until it just holds its shape, then swirl it on top and drizzle with the reserved chocolate sauce, rippling the sauce through the cream with the end of a spoon. Serve as is or pile with chocolate curls or any other decorations you wish.