Baked Chocolate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 100 g butter, melted
• 200 g shortbread cookies, crusehd
• 600 ml cream
• 250 g cream cheese, softened to room temp
• 150 g chocolate, melted
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat your oven to 140oc.
• 2 combine the cookie crumbs and butter, press into a 24cm spring form tin & refrigerate until firm.
• 3 beat the cream cheese until soft and creamy. gradually beat in the cream, it will go thick and creamy (beat for 3-5 minutes).
• 4 whisk in the eggs and vanilla.
• 5 finally fold through the melted chocolate.
• 6 pour into the base (i pour over the back of a large spoon) and bake in the pre-heated oven for 75 minutes. the center should resemble set jelly.
• 7 leaven in the oven with the door open until at room temp (could take upto 2 hours).
• 8 refrigerate until serving time. can be made upto 2 days ahead of time.