Chocolate Orange Cheese Cake

Not too heavy, sweet and fresh, just lovely!

Level: Easy

Serves: 8

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 1 hour + 2 hours cooling

Ingredients:

Dough:

175g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

75g sugar

¼ tsp salt

75g butter (room temp.)

1 egg

1 tbsp orange zest

½ tsp orange extract

Cheese layer:

60g butter (softened)

100g sugar

500g full fat cream cheese or quark

2 egg

30g flour

20g corn starch

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

200g chocolate spread (like Nutella)

Topping:

2 Fresh oranges

2tbsp orange marmalade

Preparation:

Butter a 23cm diameter round springform cake tin, lay some baking paper on the bottom and preheat the oven on 175C.

For the dough, mix together all the dry ingredients. Add the butter, zest, orange extract and the egg to the dry ingredients and work it into a dough. (It will feel dry at this stage but don’t add any more liquid ingredients!) Then on a floury surface knead the dough until it becomes smooth. (Work it with your hands!) Roll out the dough to the size of your pan and lay it into the buttered and lined baking pan. Pierce it everywhere with a fork, cover it and put it into the fridge.

For the cheese layer, beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, then add the remaining ingredients and mix them well together. Pour it over the chilled dough.

Bake it for 60 minutes. Let it cool down completely, then take it out of the form.

Peel 2 oranges and cut into round slices. Lay them nicely on the top of the cake. Warm the marmalade in the microwave until its pourable and brush it on top of the oranges. Serve it with a nice cup of tea. Enjoy!