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Black Forest Cheesecake

Using berries in cakes is a great thing, from a berry chantilly cake, to a sweet strawberry Swiss roll. For this recipe we are taking a classic gateau and taking those flavors to a cheesecake!
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Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pack chocolate digestives
  • 50 g butter
  • 6 tbsp black cherry jam (sour cherry)
  • 300 ml double cream
  • 400 g cream cheese
  • 150 g icing sugar
  • 60 g sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100 g dark chocolate

Method
 

  1. Crush the digestive biscuits and mix with melted butter. Into a cake dish, add the mixture and press to create a solid base. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  2. In a bowl, combine 200ml of cream, cream cheese, icing sugar, sour cream and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Add 4 tbsp cherry jam and marble through the mixture. Pour into the cake tin, smooth, and chill for 20 min.
  3. Make ganache by heating 100ml cream and then adding chunks of chocolate and stirring to melt.
  4. Pour ganache over cake, chill for 10 minutes, then add remaining 2 tbsp jam in the middle.