Chocolate & Peach Cheesecake
I’m very proud of my cake recipe collection. That’s because I absolutely love cakes, and cheesecakes in particular, whether it’s no-bake or traditionally baked cakes.
Ingredients · Servings 12
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 200 g cream cheese
- 100 ml milk
- 4 g gelatine
- 2 large peaches
- 5 g gelatin
- 200 g cream cheese
- 80 g sugar
- 500 ml cream for whipping
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 200 g raspberries
- chocolate leaves
- raspberries (peaches)
Method
- Preheat the oven to medium heat. Line a small 18-20cm (7-7.9 inch) diameter pan with baking paper.
- Mix the room temperature eggs with a pinch of salt and the sugar until they triple in volume.
- Add the vegetable oil and vanilla and mix gently.
- Gently fold in the flour, using upward strokes.
- Pour the mixture into the pan, level, and bake.
- Bake the pastry for 20-25 minutes, until it passes the toothpick test.
- When it's ready, take it out and put on a cooling tray.
- Break the chocolate into pieces and pour 70ml (2.4 fl. oz) of hot milk over it and stir well until the chocolate is completely dissolved.
- Put the gelatin in the remaining milk to hydrate.
- After 5 minutes, incorporate it into the chocolate cream.
- Add the cream cheese and mix well. Set the cream aside.
- Carefully peel the skin off the peaches.
- Purée the flesh in a blender.
- Put the peach purée on the heat with the sugar.
- Heat well and then remove from the heat.
- Hydrate the gelatin in 30ml (1 fl. oz) of water.
- After 5 minutes, put it over the peach purée and mix well.
- Then add the cream cheese and mix everything together.
- Mix the cream with the vanilla sugar until you get a firm cream.
- Divide the whipped cream in two.
- Half of the whipped cream is incorporated into the chocolate cream and the other half into the peach cream.
- Using a spatula, fold in the whipped cream using upward strokes.
- Put the pastry base back in the pan.
- Spread the chocolate cream on top and freeze for 10 minutes.
- Place the raspberries on the chocolate cream.
- Pour the peach cream over the raspberries and level.
- Refrigerate the cheesecake for 24 hours.
- Garnish with raspberries and dark chocolate leaves to taste.
- It's simple and delicious!
This delicious chocolate & peach cake is very suitable for summer, refreshing and easy to digest. A wonderful combination, the velvety chocolate cream and the light and aromatic peach cream go well together.
You won’t be able to stop at your first slice! Especially as each slice reveals yet another flavorful surprise, a glimpse of fresh and delicate raspberries. Enjoy!