Terry's chocolate orange cheesecake. And not just any Chocolate Orange Cheesecake, but a Terry's Chocolate Orange Cheesecake. Yep, fans of the iconic orange-shaped, orange-flavoured ball of chocolate, get excited, because we think we. You don't have to ask us twice.
You can have Terry's chocolate orange cheesecake using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Terry's chocolate orange cheesecake
- You need 300 g of Terry's chocolate orange - approx. 2 whole choc oranges (you could use dark for a slightly less sweet pud).
- Prepare 350 g of digestive biscuits, finely crushed (the original recipe stated double choc cookies but that's a bit too much choc for me! Digestives every time).
- Prepare 120 g of butter (melted).
- It’s 1 (240 g) of tub mascarpone.
- Prepare 1 (400 g) of tub Philadelphia cream cheese.
- You need 100 g of icing sugar (I reduced the original 150g as it seemed too sweet).
- Prepare 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 300 ml of double cream - whisked until just forms stiff peaks.
To serve, carefully remove the cheesecake from the tin and peel away the paper. Sprinkle the reserved orange zest over the top. Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag, snip off a small bit at the end and pipe it all over the top of the cheesecake, or drizzle on with a spoon This Chocolate Orange Cheesecake uses whipped double cream, icing sugar, cream cheese and melted chocolate oranges. When the cheesecake is set, decorate with with melted white chocolate coloured orange using gel colouring, more cream and chocolate orange segments.
Terry's chocolate orange cheesecake step by step
Mix crushed biscuits with the melted butter in a large bowl until completely combined..
Press into a greased 8 inch square tin (spring base if poss). Make sure you get it into all the nooks and crannies. Flatten and compress it to make sure it sets as a solid base for your cheesecake mix. Put this in the freezer whilst you make the orange filling..
Melt the Terrys' chocolate orange pieces gradually in a bowl in the microwave - stir after a minute, then 2, then reduce to every 30 seconds until melted. Put to one side to cool a little..
Spoon the mascarpone, cream cheese, vanilla essence,cocoa powder and sieved icing sugar into a large bowl and stir well until completely combined and smooth. Add the melted chocolate and stir well until thoroughly mixed..
Finally, add the whisked cream gently, trying not to beat out the volume by using a figure of eight motion to mix..
Once all the ingredients are combined (try not to eat it all at this stage!), spoon the mixture onto the cooled biscuit base and smooth it carefully so that it is flat and fills all corners..
Place in the fridge and leave for several hours (overnight is best if you can wait that long!!).
When ready to serve, decorate with mini chocolate orange segments (and possibly some cream..….too much maybe? Not for this family!).
The topping is of course optional, but we opted to decorate our cheesecake with little Terry's chocolate orange segments that you can also buy in a little bag, and finished it off by grating some chocolate orange on top. So, our cheesecake could have done with a bit more chocolate orange, as we never bought enough, hence the light brown topping. An impressive and delicious no-bake dessert. Christmas is fast approaching - in a month's time we will be just a couple of days away from the big day! Christmas is my favourite time of year for several reasons.
