Amarula Chocolate Cheese Cake, a variant on Fay Baker Drus;s famous cheese cakes by the Bard of Bat Yam(#BArdOfBatYam), Poet LaureateOf Zion (#PoetLaureateOfZion) and Stephen Darori ( @stephendarori, #Stephendarori,#Stephendrus )

Amarula Chocolate cheese Cake

Ingredients

• 100g/3½oz butter
• 250g/8¾oz digestive biscuits, crushed
• 600g/1lb 5oz Philadelphia cream cheese
• 25ml/1fl oz Amarula Cream
• 100ml/3½oz icing sugar
• 300ml/10½oz double cream, whipped
• 100g/3½oz grated chocolate

To garnish

• 200ml/7¼oz double cream, whipped
• cocoa powder, to dust

Preparation method

1. Melt the butter in a pan and add the crushed digestive biscuits. Mix well until the biscuits have absorbed all the butter.
2. Remove from the heat and press into the bottom of a lined 18cm/7in springform tin. Place in the refrigerator and allow to set for one hour.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Lightly whip the cream cheese then beat in the Amarula and icing sugar. Fold in the whipped cream and grated chocolate. When smooth, spoon evenly onto the biscuits.
4. Refrigerate and allow to set for a further two hours. Once set, remove and decorate with whipped cream and cocoa powder dusted over the top. Serve.