CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE ICING RECIPES

Steps:

• Butter and line a 23cm springform cake tin. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor to form fine crumbs, then add the butter and blitz again. Tip the biscuit mixture into the tin and press down firmly with the back of a spoon. Chill in the fridge while you make the filling.
• In separate bowls, melt the milk and dark chocolate over pans of gently simmering water. Alternatively, melt in the microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring between each interval until melted. Set aside to cool.
• Use a hand whisk to mix the mascarpone, cream cheese, icing sugar, malted milk drink powder, hot chocolate powder and vanilla extract until smooth. In a separate bowl, whisk the cream, then fold into the mascarpone mixture. Add half the mixture to each of the chocolate bowls, stirring until well combined. Stir half the chopped Maltesers, whole Maltesers and buttons into the milk chocolate mixture; stir the rest into the dark chocolate mixture.
• Spoon the dark chocolate mixture onto the biscuit base. Top with the milk chocolate mixture and smooth over the top. Chill overnight. Decorate with Maltesers before serving.

Steps:

• Line the base and sides of a 20.5cm (8”) round springform cake tin with baking parchment. Make the base: whiz the biscuits in a food processor until they resemble breadcrumbs (alternatively put them in a sealed plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin). Mix in melted butter, then press the mixture firmly into the base of the tin with the back of a spoon. Chill. Melt the chocolate orange slowly in a heat-proof bowl set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally and making sure that the base of the bowl does not touch the water.  Allow to cool for a couple of mins.  Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar until smooth. Add double cream and continue to beat until smooth and fully combined.  Tip the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture, folding to combine and marble, then tip into the tin and spread to level. Chill for at least 6 hours. Set aside 12 Chocolate Orange Minis then melt the remainder in a heat-proof bowl set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally and making sure that the base of the bowl does not touch the water. Allow to cool slightly for a few mins. Whip the cream and icing sugar to stiff peak. Remove the cheesecake from the tin and peel away parchment. Dot the melted chocolate over the cake and create swirls with the back of a teaspoon. Sprinkle the orange zest over the cake then decorate the edge with 12 piped cream swirls each topped with a Chocolate Orange Mini. Chill immediately to set. When ready to serve, slice into 12 equal portions