DOUBLE CHOCOLATE EASTER EGG CHEESECAKE

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What's better than a chocolate cheesecake? A double chocolate Easter egg cheesecake with a crunchy bourbon biscuit base and topped with creme eggs

Provided by Miriam Nice

Categories Dessert

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

250g chocolate bourbon biscuits
100g butter , melted plus extra for greasing
3x 280g packs full-fat cream cheese at room temperature (we used Philadelphia)
200g golden caster sugar
4 tbsp cocoa powder
1 vanilla pod , seeds only
3 tbsp strong black coffee
3 large eggs
300ml pot sour cream
25g milk chocolate , melted
200ml double cream
100g passion fruit curd
8 creme eggs (4 halved, 4 left whole)

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the base of a 23cm springform tin with baking parchment. Place the bourbon biscuits in a food processor and blitz until reduced to fine crumbs. Mix the melted butter and biscuit crumbs together, then press firmly onto the base of the tin with the back of a spoon. Bake in the oven for 10 mins then leave to cool while you make the filling.
Turn oven temperature up to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. In a large bowl beat the cream cheese and sugar with an electric whisk until creamy, then add in the cocoa, vanilla, coffee, eggs, soured cream and the melted chocolate and whisk again until smooth.
Brush the sides of a cake tin with a little more melted butter then pour in the cheesecake mixture and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for 10 mins, then turn the heat down to 110C/90C fan/gas 1/4 for 25-30 mins. When ready the filling should be set, but with a little wobble in the middle. Turn off the oven, but leave the oven door open and allow it to cool in there for 2 hrs. Chill until ready to serve.
To decorate the cheesecake, carefully remove it from the tin and removed the lining paper from the base. Lightly whip the double cream and place or pipe 4 large dollops of it on top of the cheesecake in a ring with 4 smaller dollops in between. Top each mound of cream with a smaller splodge of passion fruit curd and then top with the cream egg halves then place the whole ones in between. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 546 calories, Fat 38 grams fat, SaturatedFat 24 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 43 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 36 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium