i’ve been holding out on you. this cake is a favourite in my house, without fail devoured within 48 hours of making it.

i had jotted it down on a piece of scrap paper when a friend passed it on to me years ago, and the ripped, batter-splattered recipe went missing. but – hurrah! it resurfaced a few weeks ago, and i’ve gone to great lengths to ensure i never lose this baby again, by way of jotting it down in several books and emailing it to myself.

so here you go – marbled chocolate cheesecake. it’s a surefire winner, let me promise you. it combines two cake classics, chocolate and cheesecake, and turns them into a delightful, decadent mouthful.

i was given the recipe by a friend years and years ago, and have no idea who, or if, there is an original source. if you know, please enlighten me! it is a really basic recipe, so a good one for beginners. despite it’s simplicity, it tastes uh-mayzing.

for the chocolate cake:

1/4 cup of cocoa powder

185g butter, melted and cooled

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of flour

2 eggs

for the cheesecake:

250g cream cheese

1/3 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

for the topping:

50g milk chocolate

50g dark chocolate

50g white chocolate

25ml single cream

pre-heat the oven to 175C. combine the ingredients for each cake in separate bowls. you can use a freestanding mixer if you like, but it is just as easy to go old fashioned and use a wooden spoon for this.

scoop the batters into a greased cake tin. i use a ladle and drop about a third of the mixture at a time randomly around the tin.

marble the mixture gently with a knife. bake in the oven for 35 mins – or until the top of the cake is just set but still the teeniest bit wobbly. allow to cool completely in the tin.

meanwhile melt the milk and dark chocolate on a low heat until glossy and combined. allow to cool a little, then spread over the cake. now melt the white chocolate and cream over a low heat until melted. drizzle the ganache over the chocolate as artistically or messily as you like.

et voila! you’ll thank me for this, you really will. enjoy!

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