Marble Cheesecake

This is a relatively easy recipe but very yummy. Adapted from this recipe.

Ingredients
1 packet Tim Tams
100g butter
500g cream cheese
2/3 cups caster sugar
3 eggs
75g white chocolate
100g dark chocolate

Method

1. Crush or process tim tams into crumbs.
2. Melt butter and mix with biscuit crumbs.
3. Line a 23 cm square baking tray with baking paper. 
4. Spread biscuit mix evenly into tray.
5. Refrigerate biscuit base for at least 10min. 
6. Melt white and dark chocolate and allow to cool
7. Preheat oven at 180C (160C fan-forced)
8. Beat cream cheese and sugar until soft.
9. Beat in eggs
10. Pour half the cheese mix into a new bowl and mix in the melted dark chocolate
11. Mix in melted white chocolate into the other half
12. Alternately spoon white and dark chocolate cheese cake mix into baking tray.
13. Gently create a spiral pattern with a a small spoon or skewer
14. Bake at 180C (160 fan-forced) for about 25 minutes until the centre is just set. Cheese cake should be wobbly but should be set when touched.
15. Cool in tin for at least 1 hour
16. Cool in fridge overnight
17. Cut into slices and serve. 

Chocolate Orange Jaffa Mud Cake

This is a variation of mud cake. The original recipe is no longer online.

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Ingredients
Chocolate batter
125g Dark Chocolate
125g Butter
200mL water
1 egg
200g Caster Sugar
200g Self-raising Flour

Orange Batter

125g White Chocolate

125g Butter

Juice from one orange diluted to 200ml

Orange Rind

1 egg

200g Caster Sugar

200g Self-raising Flour

Red and Yellow food colouring (Or orange)

Orange frosting

100g butter

100g white chocolate

300g icing sugar

4 tablespoons thickened cream

Chocolate glaze

200g dark chocolate

150ml thickened cream

Recipe

Cake

1.    Preheat oven to 170C (150C fan forced)

2.    Heat dark chocolate, butter and water on low heat until everything has melted and allow to cool

3.    Beat egg, caster sugar and self-raising flour together.

4.    Beat in melted chocolate and set aside batter.

5.    Heat milk chocolate, butter and orange juice on low heat until everything has melted and allow to cool

6.    Beat egg, caster sugar and self-raising flour together.

7.    Beat in melted white chocolate/orange juice mix and add the orange rind.

8.    Grease 18cm circular cake pan and line with baking paper

9.    Fill pan with alternating spoons of orange and chocolate mix.

10.  Bake until skewer comes out clean (usually 40min)

Orange frosting

1.    Melt white chocolate

2.    Beat melted chocolate, butter, icing sugar and cream until soft and mix in food colouring

Chocolate glaze

1.    Heat chocolate and cream over low heat until all melted.

2.    Keep it warm

Putting everything together

1.    Allow cake to cook. (Preferably wait a day)

2.    Slice cake in half into two layers

3.    Spread orange frosting between two layers

4.    Pour chocolate glaze over cake.

5.    Decorate with remaining orange frosting

Chocolate Orange Poppy Seed Cake

This is a variation of a very easy orange cake recipe on the ABC website.
Cooking Time

Preparation 20 min
Baking 30 min
Preheat oven at 180°C

Ingredients
125g butter
3/4 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 cups SR flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup poppy seeds
grated zest from one orange
juice from one orange
2 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe
1. Preheat oven at 180°C and soak poppy seeds in milk
2.Beat butter, sugar and flour together
3. Beat in eggs, orange juice, vanilla and milk
4. Separate mixture into two bowls mix in cocoa into one half and orange zest into the other half.
5. Spoon in chocolate and orange mix into greased 19cm square cake tray and gently mix to create a marble effect
6. Bake for about 30-40 min on 180°C.