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Chocolate & Raspberry Drip Cheesecake

This is a real show stopper but relatively easy to achieve. The chocolate curls are a little bit of a faff but you could just as easily use Cadburys giant buttons glitzed with a little golden lustre dust. The centre is really creamy and it really does need a good 24 hrs to set. 
Serves 8

70g unsalted butter
12 digestive biscuits
600g cream cheese
2 tablespoons plain flour
175g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs 
1 large egg yolk 
150 ml  soured cream
100g milk chocolate (chopped into small pieces)
80 ml double cream 
1 pkt Galaxy golden eggs
250g fresh raspberries
200g *Chocolate Curls

You will also need a 20cm springform cake tin, lightly greased.

Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/Gas mark 4.

Melt the butter in a small pan or in the microwave. Crush the biscuits in a food processor and tip into a bowl. Add the melted butter and mix to thoroughly combine. Press the buttery crumbs into the base and slightly up the sides of the springform tin in an even layer and bake on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool while you prepare the filling. 


Beat the cream cheese until smooth, add the flour, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, yolk, and the soured cream and beat until smooth, light and fluffy. Carefully pour into the tin and spread level.  Place on a baking tray and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30 minutes until only just set. 

Leave to cool in the tin before popping in the fridge for 24 hours. 

Bring the cream to the boil, cool for a couple of minutes before, pouring over the the chopped chocolate, stir until the chocolate is melted, well combined and glossy. Leave to cool to room temp. 

Remove the cheesecake from the tin and pour the ganache over it, helping it to drip down the sides. 

Now decorate with the chocolate curls, golden eggs and fresh raspberries. 

*For The chocolate curls, temper 300g milk chocolate then pour onto a sheet of parchment, spread thinly with a palate knife, cover with a second sheet of parchment and wrap around an empty kitchen roll middle, leave till complete set, carefully unwrap and use.