Treat family and friends to this irresistible cheesecake made with a crumbly biscuit base and topped with indulgent creamy caramel chocolate, a dessert that just melts in the mouth!
Butter and line a 23cm springform cake tin. Use a food processor to blitz the digestives into a crumb mixture, then add the butter and blitz to combine. Pour the biscuit mixture into the lined tin and press down firmly with the back of a spoon, smoothing until the mixture evenly spread. Chill in the fridge while you make the filling.
To make the filling
Melt the chocolate and 8 tbsp of cream in 30 second blasts in the microwave stirring well in between. Set aside to cool.
In a separate bowl whip the remaining cream until the standing in soft peaks. Sift in the cocoa powder and gently fold in with a spatula.
Fold the chocolate mixture into the cream in thirds.
In another bowl beat the cream cheese and caster sugar together until glossy then fold this into the chocolate cream mixture.
Pour on top of the biscuit base and put back in the fridge to chill overnight.
When set, remove from the tin & peel off the paper and decorate with piped cream, chocolate shavings and a Lily O’Brien’s chocolate for each serving.
Store in the fridge and eat within 3 days.
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