'Pick me up' Baked Chocolate Cheesecake

After a night on the town i was encouraged to bake this cheesecake as my flat mates and i were in serious need of a pick-me-up. I can seriously recommend this alongside watching a disney film in your pyjamas!

For the base:

·       3 packets of Bourbon biscuits

·       50g butter

·       4 chocolate digestive biscuits

For the filling:

·       600g full fat cream cheese

·       3 tbsp plain flour

·       100g demerara sugar

·       100g light brown sugar

·       2 eggs and an extra yolk

·       200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa or more)

·       100g milk chocolate

·       300ml double cream

·       5 tbsp of Kahlúa

1.      To make your base for your cheesecake put all of your biscuits into a sandwich bag, seal and use a rolling pin to crush the biscuits until they resemble fine crumbs and add to a mixing bowl. Melt your butter and combine to your biscuit mixture until all the butter has been mixed in

2.     Add to your cake tin ( once again i have used my 22cm tin) and press the mixture into the bottom of your tin creating an even layer ready for your cheesecake mixture. Place in a preheated oven of 180° 5 minutes.

3.      To make your cheese cake melt your dark and milk chocolate and then add to it your double cream and allow to cool. In another bowl combine your cream cheese, sugar, eggs and mix to a smooth consistency.

4.     Finally mix in your melted chocolate to your cream cheese mixture and lastly the flour and Kahlúa. Pour into your cake tin, over your readily prepared base and smooth the top with a spatula to level topping to your cheesecake.

5.      Cook in the oven at 180° 50 minutes. Once removed from the oven allow to cool for at least half an hour before serving.