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Vossie de Vos’ chocolate cheesecake
Ingredients
- 200 g Romany Creams, crushed
- 90 g melted butter
Topping
- 425 g tin black cherries, drained
- Cocoa for garnish
Filling
- 385 g tin condensed milk
- 250 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 250 g cream cheese
- 500 ml cream, whipped
Preparation
Crust
Step 1: Grease and line a 25 cm spring-form cake tin withbaking paper.
Step 2: Mix biscuit crumbs and melted butter, spoon into prepared cake tin and press down firmly.
Step 3 : Place in fridge.
Filling
Step 1: Pour condensed milk in a pot and heat over low until boiling, stirring continuously.
Step 2: Stir another five minutes, remove from heat, add chocolate and stir until melted.
Step 3: Add cream cheese, beat well and let mixture cool completely.
Step 4: When the mixture has cooled, fold in the whipped cream. Spoon mixture onto the chilled biscuit crust and place in fridge for an hour.
Topping
Step 1: Halve the cherries and arrange on top of the set cheesecake.Keep in fridge until served with whipped cream.
