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Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

An easy recipe for Chocolate cheesecake.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 5 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10 slices

Ingredients
  

Cheesecake Crust

  • 300 g caramel biscuits Lotus
  • 140 g melted butter
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsps cocoa powder

Chocolate cheesecake

  • 320 g mascarpone cheese room temp
  • 160 g regular white sugar
  • 2 tbsps cornstarch
  • 3 eggs room temp
  • 38 g dark chocolate pudding powder
  • 500 ml semi-fat milk
  • 150 g melted chocolate

Chocolate ganache on top

  • 150 g melted chocolate
  • 100 ml warm whipping cream
  • chocolate sprinkles

Instructions
 

Cheesecake crust

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C. Prepare a cake tin with a diameter of 25 cm and baking paper. In a food processor blend the caramel biscuits until the consistency of flour.
  • In a bowl mix crushed biscuits, a pinch of salt, cocoa powder and melted butter. Mix well with a fork and push into the bottom and sides of a cake tin. Bake for 10 minutes. Take the crust out of the oven and let it cool. If needed, push down the crumbs with a glass again.

Chocolate cheesecake

  • Decrease the temperature of the oven to 150°C.
  • In a pot make a dark chocolate pudding with semi-fat milk according to the instructions on the packaging. Let the pudding cool completely.
  • Mix the mascarpone on high speed until creamy. Add melted chocolate, cool dark chocolate pudding, and mix on high speed until they are fully combined.
  • Add cornstarch, and regular white sugar, and mix on medium-high speed again. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix on low speed until they are fully combined.
  • Prepare a baking tray with boiling water. Put a baking tray on the bottom of the oven.
  • Pour the cheesecake mixture into a cake tin and bake for 50-60 minutes. The cheesecake is well baked when it's jiggly like jelly. Open the door on the oven and let the cheesecake in the oven for another hour.
  • Take the cheesecake out of the oven and let cool completely. When it's cool, put it in the fridge for at least an hour.

Chocolate ganache

  • Mix melted chocolate with warm whipping cream in a bowl until thick. Let cool to room temperature.
  • Pour on top of the cold cheesecake and put in the fridge for at least 5-6 hours or overnight.
Keyword cheesecake, chocolate, chocolate cake