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Baked Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Servings 12

Ingredients

For the base

  • 90 g Butter
  • 150 g Digestive biscuits

For the cheesecake filling

  • 200 g Dark chocolate
  • 400 g Full fat cream cheese
  • 2 Eggs
  • 60 g Caster sugar
  • 200 ml Double cream
  • 1 Orange zested & juiced
  • 2 tbsp Orange liquor

For the buttercream & decoration

  • 60 g Butter
  • 2 tbsp Orange liquor
  • 30 g Cocoa powder
  • 100 g Icing sugar
  • 1 Terry's Chocolate Orange

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 140C Fan/160C/325F/Gas Mark 3

For the base

  • Crush the digestive biscuits in a bowl with the end of a rolling pin. You can also whizz them into crumbs using a food processor if you have one
  • Melt the butter in a pan on a low heat
  • Mix the butter and crushed biscuits together and press them into a 24cm springform cake tin

For the cheesecake filling

  • In a bowl over some heated water melt the dark chocolate, set aside
  • Mix together the cream cheese, eggs and caster sugar with a whisk until smooth
  • Add the double cream and mix it in
  • Add the melted dark chocolate, orange liquor and the zest and juice of the orange and mix until smooth
  • Pour the mixture into the tin over the biscuit base and bake for 45 minutes
  • Let it cool completely, and put in it the fridge to chill

For the buttercream and decoration

  • Mix the butter, cocoa powder, icing sugar and orange liquor together until smooth
  • Pipe swirls onto the cheesecake and add slices of Terry's Chocolate Orange to decorate