Mocha Cheesecake Log

Serves 8-10, Prep 20 mins

1 tblsp instant coffee granules

2 tblsps coffee-flavoured liqueur

½ cup icing sugar mixture 250g block cream cheese, chopped, at room temperature

1½ cups thickened cream 2 tsps vanilla extract 450g packet Madeira cake

Flake chocolate bar and cocoa powder, to decorate

1 Dissolve coffee in 1 tblsp boiling water in small bowl. Add liqueur and 1 tblsp of the sugar. Stir to combine.

2 Beat cream cheese in the small bowl of an electric mixer until smooth. Add cream, vanilla and remaining sugar. Beat until thick. (Do not over-beat.)

3 Cut cake into eight even slices. Brush both sides with coffee mixture.

4 Spoon 1 heaped tblsp cream mixture over one side of a cake slice. Stand slice upright on its base, on a rectangular serving plate. Repeat sandwiching slices together with cream mixture, to form a log shape.

5 Spoon remaining cream mixture over top and sides to cover completely. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.

6 To serve, crumble Flake over top of log. Dust with sifted cocoa. Cut into diagonal slices.