Coconut and Chocolate Cheesecake

Coconut and Chocolate Cheesecake

Marvellous, creamy, baked cheesecake packed with flavours I love the most – coconut and chocolate. Lovely combination of smooth cheesecake covered with a blanket of rich, dark, chocolate mousse. The cake isn’t complicated but you will need to spend some time to build this lovely multi layered masterpiece. 
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Ingredients (makes about 16 pieces):

Chocolate base: 
  • 200 g ground almonds
  • 20 g cocoa
  • 3 tbsp. powdered xylitol
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tbsp. coconut oil (melted)
  • 2 eggs
Cheesecake:  
  • 250g cream cheese
  • 250g mascarpone
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tbsp. ground almond
  • 125 ml whipping cream
  • 125 ml coconut cream
  • 150 g powdered xylitol (or any other sweetener of your choice)
  • 50 g desiccated coconut
  • 1 tbsp. coconut essence (or coconut liquor)
Chocolate mousse:   
  • 150g dark chocolate (I used tesco 74% cocoa)
  • 350 ml whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp. coconut essence
Preparation:  

Chocolate base: 
  • Preheat oven to 180 C and line a spring form tin with baking paper (only the bottom)
  • Mix all dry ingredients. Slightly beat the eggs with a fork and add to the dry ingredients together with melted coconut oil. Mix well and put in a fridge for 30 minutes. Press evenly into the tin and bake for about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool down a bit.

Cheesecake:   
  • Preheat oven to 160C and place a big tray with boiling water at the bottom of your oven. We will make a simple version of baking in a water bath 🙂
  • Place all ingredients for a cheesecake layer in a large bowl and mix with electric mixer for couple of minutes (not too long so the mixture won’t get too airy).
  • Pour the mixture on a chocolate base and place on a shelf above tray with hot water. Bake for about 60 minutes. It should look set and firm (baking time may depends on your oven and can be a bit longer than 60 min). Set aside to cool down and refrigerate.
Chocolate mousse:
  • That’s the most time consuming part of the cake. It’s very easy but the mixture needs at least 4 hours in the fridge. Place whipping cream in a saucepan and warm it up (but do not bring it to boil).
  • Take off the heat and add chocolate broken into little pieces. Stir well until you get nice, smooth chocolate mixture.
  • Add liquor or coconut essence. Set aside to cool down and put in the fridge for about 4 hours.
  • When the mixture is firmly set take it out of the fridge and using electric mixer beat the cream for couple of minutes to get a thick cream (as if you were making a whipped cream).
  • Spread the mouse on top of cheese layer and place the cake in the fridge for couple of hours. Decorate with desiccated coconut and enjoy 🙂

9.5g per carb per slice. 407 calories

whole cake 152g carbs. 6527 calories

 Recipe From Diabetic Good Baking