Directions

• Making the cheesecake layer:
• Start by pre-heating your oven to 170c/325f. Also grease and line an 8 inch cake tin.
• In a large bowl, add the sugar, corn flour, cream cheese and vanilla. Mix these together until smooth.
• Pour half of the warm double cream into this, whisk this in, then whisk in the rest of the cream. Now whisk in the melted white chocolate.
• Add this batter into your prepared cake tin and smooth it out. Place this tin into a larger tin or roasting tray. Pour boiling water into this until it reaches about halfway up the sides of the tin with the cheesecake in.
• Carefully place this into your oven and bake for around 25-30 minutes. It is done when the sides of the cheesecake are set but the centre is still a little jiggly.
• Once baked, leave to cool at room temperature. Then place it in your fridge and leave it in there to set overnight.
• Making the cake layers:
• You can either make the cake layers the same day you make the cheesecake layer. Or you can make it the next day, it's up to you. I like to just make them the same day I make the cheesecake.
• Pre-heat your oven to 180c/350f. Also grease and line two 8 inch cake tins.
• In a large bowl, add the butter, oil, sugar and vanilla. Beat these together for 5 minutes.
• Add in 2 of the eggs, whisk these in, then whisk in the remaining 2 eggs. Now add the buttermilk and food colouring.
• Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix just until you get a smooth batter.
• In a separate small bowl, add the baking soda and then pour the vinegar over it. This will start bubbling, just give it a quick mix then straight away pour it into your cake batter. Mix until incorporated.
• Pour this batter into your cake tins then bake for around 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Once baked, leave to cool completely.
• Making the cream cheese frosting:
• In a large bowl, add the softened butter, beat this for 1 minute. Now add half of the icing sugar, mix, then add the rest of the icing sugar as well as the vanilla. Once all the icing sugar has been incorporated, beat this for 5 minutes.
• Add the cream cheese into this and beat until you get a smooth frosting.
• Putting the cake together:
• I cut the tops of my cake layers off to make them flatter, but you don't have too.
• Add one of the cake layers onto a board, spread some frosting over this, then add the cheesecake layer on top. Add some more frosting onto this, then add the final layer of cake.
• Now you can just decorate the cake however you want. I just iced it, added a swirl on top and then with the cake that I cut off, I crumbled it and pressed it onto the sides.
• Now cut into it and enjoy!