Chocolate Cheesecake With Mint

• 3 eggs yolks
• 5 1/4 tablespoons sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 7 tablespoons cake flour or all purpose flour- sifted
• 3 11/16 tablespoons Valrhona Cocoa Powder sifted
• 2 13/16 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/16 tablespoons milk Fresh
• 1 1/16 cups cream cheese room temperature
• 3 5/8 tablespoons sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 6 2/3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1 1/2 tablespoons essence Peppermint, or puree some mint leaves& push them through a sieve to extr

1. Beat egg yolks and 30g sugar until fluffy. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, milk and melted butter.
2. Beat egg whites and 35g sugar until soft peaks form. Fold egg whites into egg yolks mixture.
3. Pour the mixture into a 8 x 8 x 1 1/2 inches (lined) cake tin. Bake at 180C for about 25 minutes or until done.
4. Leave cake to cool in tin. (do not remove cake from tin)
5. To Assemble
6. Combine cream cheese and sugar.
7. Add one egg at a time. Beating well after each addition.
8. Fold in whipping cream and peppermint essence, stir well.(optional ~add a small drop of apple green coloring)
9. Pour the cream cheese batter into the cake tin over the chocolate cake base.
10. Bake in water bath at 160C for about 35-40 minutes.
11. Leave cheesecake cool in cake tin before removing it.

eggs yolks, sugar, egg whites, cake flour, cocoa, butter, milk, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, whipping cream, mint

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Cheesecake-With-Mint-1651374 (may not work)