Baked Double Chocolate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 250 g plain chocolate cookies, crushed
• 100 g butter, melted
• 500 g cream cheese, at room temp
• 395 g sweetened condensed milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup thickened cream
• 375 g dark chocolate, melted (not cooking chocolate)
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl (or food processor) combine the cookie crumbs and butter. press into the base of a 24cm springform tin (i like to place a large sheet of parchment paper on the base before i set the rim around). refrigerate until needed.
• 2 in a large bowl - or your cleaned food processor, beat the creamed cheese and sugar. once smooth, add the milk, cream and eggs (one at a time). beat until the eggs are just combined. use a spatula to wipe down the edges as you go.
• 3 slowly add in the melted chocolate and the cocoa. beat until smooth.
• 4 pour into your prepared tin and bake at 160oc (140oc if fan forced) for 75 - 80 minutes (the top should look like jelly, wobbly).
• 5 turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake to rest until the oven is cold (about 2 hours) this will help prevent the top cracking too much.
• 6 once at room temperature refrigerate until required.
• 7 serve with fresh cream and fruit or cream and chocolate curls/shavings.