Rich Chocolate Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 180 g plain flour
• 100 g butter
• 50 g caster sugar
• 50 g dark chocolate, melted
• 50 g butter
• 80 g caster sugar
• 450 g cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 vanilla pod or 5 ml vanilla essence
• 35 ml cornflour
• 150 g thick greek yogurt
• 100 g milk chocolate, melted
• 50 g dark chocolate, melted
• cocoa (to dust as a garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 160c degrees.
• 2 lightly grease and line a 23cm spring form cake tin.
• 3 sift the flour into bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• 4 stir in the sugar and melted chocolate.
• 5 sprinkle the mixture evenly over the base of the tin and press down gently.
• 6 bake for 20 minutes.
• 7 beat the butter and sugar and melted chocolate until light and fluffy.
• 8 add the cheese and beat well.
• 9 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 10 if you are using a vanilla pod, cut in half lengthways and scrape the seeds into the mixture, otherwise add the vanilla essense.
• 11 add the cornflour, yogurt and milk chocolate.
• 12 place the cake tin onto a flat baking tray and pour the filling into the shell.
• 13 decorate the top of the cake with the melted chocolate.
• 14 bake until the cake is firm around the edges, about 50 minutes.
• 15 leave to cool in the oven.
• 16 once the cake has cooled, chill until ready to serve.
• 17 dust with a little cocoa powder just before serving.