Monday, 7 February 2011

A Big Celebration!

Sorry I've not blogged for a couple of weeks -things have been mega busy!


We celebrated a family occasion, which of course meant that I was very busy in the kitchen!  I'll use the next few blog entries to tell you about some of the yummy dishes I made.


First up..... Malt Chocolate Cheesecake! 


This recipe was from the January 2011 edition of the BBC Good Food Magazine.  I also made it at Christmas, and it was so yummy I just had to make it again.






The bottom layer is crushed malt biscuits mixed with butter.  The middle layer is milk chocolate, caster sugar and Horlicks mixed with a tub of full fat cream cheese,  The top layer is white chocolate mixed with another tub of soft cheese.  A few white chocolate Maltesers finish it off.  Chill for at least 5 hours and scoff it!


The recipe suggests using a loose bottom cake tin to make this dessert, but I have found something much better.  If I could find a link to it I'd post it, but I can't. It's basically an expandable ring designed for desserts. I sellotaped it to the plate I wanted to serve the cheesecake on, then assembled the cheesecake in the ring, chilled it and took the ring off. Hey Presto, we had a perfect cheesecake ready to serve - no need to transfer to another plate.  The ring is from Lakeland. 


Can't wait to make it again!

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