To make the filling whip the cream to stiff peaks and set aside. Melt all of the chocolate in a bowl, over a saucepan of boiling water. Remove from the heat and fold it into the whipped cream.

The mild tanginess of a sweetened, cheesecake-like filling is the ultimate ... or a simple drizzle of melted chocolate. Finish the cake with fresh berries, whipped cream, toasted nuts, chopped ...

Serve it gently warmed with a dusting of icing sugar, or top it with chocolate curls, drizzle with melted chocolate or top it with a little whipped cream and fresh summer berries. Or all three.

If you are short of time to decorate the cake, simply melt the chocolate into the cream as below ... thinly with the thinned chocolate icing, filling in the areas where the two cakes meet.

Image credit: Juicy Delicious This fresh cherries and dark chocolate ice-cream cake is the perfect dessert to impress without the stress. Just a little prep, some time in the freezer, and you’ve ...

For the dessert, the batter is piped into three cake layers, rather than into long, slender ladyfinger shapes. The recipe calls for two types of white chocolate. The first, used in the mousse ...