Friday, August 8, 2008

Chocolate Dusted Cappucino Cheesecake



Chocolate Dusted Cappucino Cheesecake
Marry this with a latte or short black and create your own café society.
PREPARATION: 20mins COOKING: 0mins SERVES: 10
Ingredients:
• 1 cup caffe latte (or chocolate, if you
prefer) biscuits, crushed
• 60g butter, melted
Cappucino Layer
• 250g block PHILADELPHIA* Cream
Cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1½ tablespoons instant coffee,
dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water
• 1½ teaspoons gelatine, dissolved in
1½ tablespoons boiling water, cooled
• ½ cup cream
Vanilla Layer
• 250g block PHILADELPHIA* Cream
Cheese, extra, softened
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1½ teaspoons gelatine, dissolved in
1½ tablespoons boiling water, cooled
• ½ cup cream, whipped
• Drinking Chocolate, for dusting
• Chocolate coated coffee beans, for
decoration
Method:
1. COMBINE the biscuit crumbs and
butter and press into the base of a
greased and base-lined 20cm
springform tin. Chill.
2. BEAT the Philly* until smooth, add the
sugar, coffee, gelatine and cream and
mix well. Pour over the base and allow
to set.
3. BEAT the remaining Philly* until
smooth, add the sugar, vanilla and
gelatine, mix well. Fold in the whipped
cream and pour over the coffee layer.
Refrigerate until set. Dust with drinking
chocolate and decorate with chocolate
coffee beans.

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