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Mars bar cheesecake

Chilled cheesecake with chocolate caramel bars, rippled with butterscotch and chocolate sauce

A no-bake cheesecake on a chocolate biscuit base, made with cream cheese and chopped chocolate caramel bars and marbled with home-made butterscotch and chocolate sauces. It's rich, creamy and very sweet. The book sets it with gelatine, which is not vegetarian; the last step gives an agar-agar swap.
Total time
50 min
Difficulty
medium
Serves
8
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Ingredients

Serves8

For the base

For the butterscotch sauce

For the chocolate sauce

For the topping

Method

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  1. Step 1: Mix 9 oz chocolate biscuits and 5 ½ oz butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Press into the base of a 20 cm loose-bottomed tin and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

    30 min
  2. Step 2: Put 1 ¼ cups fresh cream, 2 tbsp brown sugar and 1 ½ tbsp butter in a pan and stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves. Simmer for 3–4 minutes, then leave to cool.

    6 min
  3. Step 3: Stir 2 tsp powdered gelatine into ½ cup hot water until it dissolves. Keep it warm.

  4. Step 4: Beat 1 ⅛ lb cream cheese and 3 ⅞ oz caster sugar until smooth.

    3 min
  5. Step 5: Whip ¾ cup fresh cream until soft peaks form and it thickens.

    3 min
  6. Step 6: Stir the gelatine mixture into the cheese mixture with 6 ½ oz chocolate caramel bars, then gently fold in the whipped cream.

  7. Step 7: For the chocolate sauce, microwave 1 ¾ oz milk chocolate and 2 tbsp fresh cream on high for about 1 minute, stirring twice, until smooth.

    1 min
  8. Step 8: Pour half the cheese mixture over the biscuit base. Drizzle over half the butterscotch and half the chocolate sauce and swirl with a fork to marble.

  9. Step 9: Repeat with the rest of the cheese mixture and sauces.

  10. Step 10: Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, until set. Serve chilled.

    180 min
  11. Step 11: Vegetarian swap: gelatine is not vegetarian. Use 1 tsp agar-agar powder instead: whisk it into the ½ cup cold water, boil for 1–2 minutes until dissolved, cool for a minute and beat it straight into the cheese mixture before it sets.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
780 kcal
Protein
9 g
Carbs
55 g
Fat
59 g
Fibre
2 g

Nutrition values are estimates.

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Recipe by

KrazyBadal

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Good to know

How long does mars bar cheesecake take?
About 50 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
How many people does it serve?
8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
Can I make it ahead?
Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
What can I use instead of butter?
The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
What can I use instead of fresh cream?
Double or whipping cream, same amount.

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