Almond Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredient for chocolate cheesecake
(A)
130g Butter
130g Cream Cheese
150g Brown Sugar
2 tbsps Honey

(B)
4 eggs

(C )
260g Plain Flour
30g Cocoa Powder
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Baking Powder

(D)
1 Orange zest, grated
50g Orange Juice

(E)
200g walnuts, chopped

Method
1)Cream (A) till light and fluffy.
2)Add (B) and cream until light and smooth. It would start to curdle which is normal.
3)Immediately add in ½ of (C ) and mix until well blended.
4)Add (C ) and (D) alternately in several times until the ingredients are used up. Mix until well blended.
5)Add (E) and mix until well incorporated.
6)Grease and line the bottom of 23cm square pan. Pour the batter onto the prepared pan. Bake at 180C for 40min. Remove it from the pan. Set aside to cool.

Ingredients for Cheese Topping
250g Cream cheese
50g Icing sugar
1 Orange zest, grated
2tbsps Orange juice

Method for cheese topping
1)Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar until light and smooth. Add in orange zest and juice.
2)Mix until well blended. Spread it on top of the cake.
3)Cut into bars and decorate with caramelized walnuts.

Note: You can change walnuts to almonds. For a 20cm pan please use ¾ portion.

Recipe adapted from "Alex Goh Baking Class Fantastic Cheesecake"