i took the basic chocolate cheesecake recipe from the big book of chocolate by jennifer donovan and just played with it to give it the cocoa bean twist. i had promised a chocolate dessert for a large and lively 30 people dinner party on friday night.
the main course was curry so i chose to go for one of our spicy flavours with the heat of ginger to warm everyone after braving the newly frosty air to leap about with sparklers. . .base
250g ginger biscuits ( you can also add crystallised ginger to spice up the flavour - chop small)
75g butter
2 tbsp cocoa powder
cheesecake
50g butter
400g cream cheese
2 eggs lightly beaten
5 tbsp caster sugar
150g dark chocolate melted
orange zest from 2 oranges
juice of half an orange
12 cardamoms toasted gently and crushed
method
grease a 23cm loose bottomed cake tin or flan dish
crush the biscuits and melt the butter for the base. mix together with the cocoa powder and crystallised ginger. press firmly into the base.
beat the cream cheese, eggs, sugar, butter, zest, cardamoms, orange juice and melted chocolate together in a large bowl until thick and smooth. it's good to use a electric hand mixer. spoon the mixture over the base and smooth with a palette knife. refrigerate for at least two hours. you can top it with cocoa powder or shavings of chocolate if you like, though i think it's nice plain.
4 comments:
Can't go wrong with orange chocolate and ginger. Funnyily enough I made an chocolate orange cake at the weekend too - thanks to odlums.ie for the recipe (Rich Chocolate Cake)!
Will look up the cake recipe and try it. I love most combinations of orange and chocolate. Let me know if you try this recipe...
Hi, this has egg in it... should it be baked? The picture looks like it's baked!
No, not baked, just well whipped. On the original recipe post (jan 09) we warned about the uncooked eggs but failed to repeat it on this adaptation. It's so delicious that as long as you're not elderly, pregnant or a child it's a great recipe! Thanks for pointing it out. All the best, Emily
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