Baked Chocolate Cheesecake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 30 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
1
- For the base
- 1 ½ cups cookie crumb (digestive)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (melted)
- 2 Tbsps sugar
- For the filling
- 4 ozs plain Dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 2 cups cream cheese
- ½ cup caster sugar (scant)
- ⅝ cup Sour cream
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- For the crumble
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (scant)
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsps caster sugar
- To decorate
- powdered sugar
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 160°C (140° fan) 325°F gas 3. Grease a deep 20 cm|8" springform cake tin.
2.
For the base: stir together the biscuit crumbs, melted butter and sugar. Press firmly into the base of the tin and set aside.
3.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water. Remove from the heat and set aside.
4.
Beat together the cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the soured cream, eggs and melted chocolate until blended.
5.
Sift in the flour and cocoa and stir until combined.
6.
Pour into the tin.
7.
For the crumble: rub the butter into the flour and cocoa, then stir in the sugar. Sprinkle evenly over the surface of the cheesecake.
8.
Bake for about 45 minutes until firm to the touch. Switch off the oven and leave the cheesecake in the oven with the oven door open, to become cold.
9.
Sift icing sugar over the top.
