Totally over the top birthday cake

It was Mr V’s birthday a week ago. So I whipped him up a totally over the top double chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate chip base.

Its from my favourite cook book – The French Market by Joanne Harris.I love Joanne Harris too much to reproduce her recipes on the interweb’s with a guilt free conscience – but I could probably provide it if you emailled me .

I first made this while living in France. My friend Lisbet and I spent a good long time dipping our fingers in the different concoctions that go into this cake, deliberating over which we’d rather bathe in. Ha. One of the best things about making this is that the recipe recommends buying an extra packet of cookies to help you wait out the refrigerating time.What with two packs of cookies, two types of chocolate, a lot of cream and a bottle of Tia Maria, even your shopping basket looks like a good time!

Anyway, once I’d made this cholesteroll-fest, I felt like the decoration should do the decadence justice.

So I started with a cake stand and some gold stars…