Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Recipe

🧁 Ingredients

Biscuit Base

• 225g digestive biscuits
• 100g unsalted butter (melted)

Cheesecake Filling

• 450g full-fat soft cream cheese
• 150g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 400g double cream
• 200g orange-flavoured chocolate eggs (crushed)
  (pop them in a freezer bag, close, and give them a bash with the back of a large spoon!)

Decoration

• 150ml double cream
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• Melted chocolate orange (or plain chocolate works just as well)
• Chocolate orange flavoured eggs

👩🍳 Instructions

1. Biscuit Base

• Blitz the digestive biscuits in a food processor until fine crumbs.
• Mix with the melted butter until fully combined.
• Line a 20cm round tin with baking paper.
• Press the biscuit mixture firmly into the base using the back of a spoon.
• Chill in the fridge while you prepare the filling.

2. Cheesecake Filling

• In a large bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, icing sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whip the double cream to stiff peaks, then gently fold into the mixture.
• Fold through the crushed orange chocolate flavoured eggs.
• Spoon the mixture onto the biscuit base and smooth the top.
• Chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours (or overnight) until fully set.

3. Decoration

• Carefully remove the cheesecake from the tin.
• Whip the double cream with icing sugar until thick.
• Pipe or spread onto the cheesecake.
• Finish with a drizzle of melted chocolate and chocolate orange flavoured eggs 🍊✨

💡 Notes

• Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
• Add a little orange zest for an extra citrus boost
• Perfect as a showstopper dessert or celebration cake

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