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Black forest cheesecake

Published: September 5, 2018 at 9:08 AM

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Serves 10-12

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

+ overnight chilling

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This dark, indulgent chocolate cheesecake swirled with cherries is a great showstopper for any occasion. Making the chocolate collar is really worth the effort for an extra special touch

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Make this impressive black forest cheesecake then check more of the best cheesecake recipes, including our raspberry cheesecake, vanilla cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake and chocolate orange cheesecake.
For more German-inspired recipes, try our lebkuchen, flammkuchen, black forest trifle and glühwein, plus check out our review of the best German wines to buy.

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 175g double chocolate chip cookies

  (choc cookies with choice chips)

• 50g butter

  melted

• 500g mascarpone

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 300ml double cream

• 2 tbsp kirsch

• 200g milk chocolate

  melted and cooled

• 200g plain chocolate

  melted and cooled

• 20 cherries in kirsch

  plus some of the syrup from the jar for decorating (we used Opies – available on Ocado)

CHOCOLATE COLLAR

• 200g plain chocolate

  melted and cooled

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal721
• fat52.3g
• carbs50.4g
• fibre1.5g
• protein9.9g
• salt0.3g

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Method

• step 1

  Whizz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor and mix with the melted butter. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of a 20cm springform tin.

• step 2

  Beat the mascarpone with the vanilla until smooth. Very softly whip the double cream with the kirsch then mix with the mascarpone. Finally, fold in the melted chocolates and cherries.

• step 3

  Spoon into the tin, swirl the mix a bit on top (see pic) so you leave indents for the cherry syrup to go on top, and chill overnight.

• step 4

  Make the chocolate collar following the steps below.

• step 5

  Serve with some of the syrup from the jar and extra cherries if you like.

Here's a step-by-step picture guide how to make the chocolate collar

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