Chocolate chilli cheesacake

First thing when I arrived (I really don´t want to mention the duration of my exhausting and dreadful journey...grrr!) to Birmingham, my sister, she told me: "We need to bake something, my housemate is going to celebrate his birthday on Saturday!". So the plan for the rainy Friday morning was settled. Only question was, what should we bake? My sister bought a few packages of fresh full fat cheese, so we decided to bake a cheesecake, chocolate chilli cheesecake (my idea), because everyone who had ever tasted it, felt in love with it! When you are not a big fan of spicy things, just add little bit less chilli than we used. 

First time I did chocolate chilli cheesecake couple years ago I followed recipe on the blog Chez Lucie, but its final form is changed and created by me. So if you want to pleased someone who loves spicy things, this cheesecake is perfect for it!

Daring Bakers Challenge - Charlotte Royale

Well, first question you are gonna probably ask is "what is the daring bakers challenge?"

Just to explain shortly. Daring bakers is website where people share different recipes from all around the world. Every month there is a challenge hosted by one of us. The challenge has to be completed within a month period and after  that we share our results. It is a amazing way how to try new recipes and discover tweaks and tricks for baking.

This month the challenge was hosted by Rebecca from BakeNQuilt.com. Our job was to make either Charlotte Royale or Russe.

I chose Charlotte Royale because it looked bit more interesting and challenging than Charlotte Russe. The Charlotte Royale is mostly made in a round bowl lined with slices of Swiss roll cake for a spiral effect.

                       

I know it might seems like a bit tricky kind of dessert to make but it is much easier than it looks. Let's get started!