Monday 16 January 2012

Recipe Twenty Three: Double Chocolate, Sour Cherry Cheesecake.


Here is the culminating recipe of Friday night's dinner at The Kindled Kitchen. 

Now aside from being amazing to eat with all of it's sweet and sour goodness I actually started making this at 6pm for a 7pm dinner so it is also amazingly quick and easy!

What you will need:
220gm of plain chocolate biscuits
125gms of butter, melted.
500gms of cream cheese
200gms of dark chocolate.
70gms of brown sugar.
1 tablespoon of boiling water
1 teaspoon of gelatine.
1 670gm jar of Morello/Sour Cherries.
2 tbs of caster sugar
1 tbs of cornflour

Line the base of a 24cm spring form tin with baking paper.
Process the chocolate biscuits to a fine crumb & then add in the melted butter.
Press this mix into the base of your tin and chill in the fridge for 20minutes.

Either in a bowl over boiling water bain-marie style of in the microwave in 30 second bursts, melt your chocolate. Leave to cool slightly whilst you make the rest of the filling.

In a bowl beat together cream cheese & brown sugar until smooth.
Sprinkle gelatine over hot water and mix until it has dissolved.
Add this & the slightly cooled chocolate to the cream cheese & brown sugar and beat until combined.
Spread over chilled base and refrigerate.

In the meantime drain your cherries, place syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Taking 1 tablespoon of the syrup dissolve the caster sugar & cornflour in it and return to the pan stirring constantly. Cook until it comes to the boil and then add cherries.
Set aside.

Once you have removed the cheesecake from the pan & are getting ready to serve. Pour the cherries & syrup over the top of the cake.

Serve


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12 comments:

  1. Your photos are beautiful! Oh, and the cake in the photos is beautiful too:) Ah, and the plate in the last photo. So pretty!

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    1. Thank you! The plate was a gift from my mother in law, it is very, very beautiful.

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  2. Ahhh... Cheesecake... And sour cherries! You've won me :D

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  3. Chocolate cheesecake, yum! Your recipe sounds wonderful.

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  4. Love sour cherries, absolutely love them. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe.

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  5. Sour cherries and chocolate? Delicious! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  6. I'm kinda in love with this post. The cake is gorgeous for starters. And the photography is just lovely, too. But I can't get over the fact that you started making this at 6pm for a 7pm dinner! That is truly impressive. I usually spend the last hour before guests arrive fighting with my husband, swearing under my breath (or not), trying to finish off dishes while tidying up the house, slipping into something nice and slapping some lipstick on. I think your way - i.e. just calmly making a cake - sounds a lot more sensible. So very glad you joined this bloghop!

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words! Now I never said there wasn't any swearing...I also don't have little ones so I'm assuming that really takes the pressure off! I am a sucker for quick prep times and food you can prepare earlier so this recipe just spoke to me! Thank you again!

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  7. Hello from your latest follower! I love recipes that are fast and delicious, especially when I decide to bake something for the family at the very last minute. This recipe looks scrumptious, I can only imagine the deliciousness. Thanks for sharing!

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  8. The cheesecake is mouthwatering! And I so love the photos,the presentation and just all of it:)Found you through the Death by Chocolate Blog Hop and thanks so much for sharing the wonderful recipe:)Nice meeting you!

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  9. Indeed a mouth watering dish!!!

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