Cheesecake help please

Hi making a cheesecake for the first time . how do you do the twirly choc on top? And is it just melted choc or someting else? Thanks for any help

You meaning the decoration rather than in the cheesecake?
You could probably do a melted chocolate & roll it or some other fancy thing, or just cheat and grate the chocolate (using the potato slicing bit thingy). Depends on whether you're doing a dinner party or just for family (I'll cheat as much as possible on anything, so long as it looks okay & tastes good).
Hmm, haven't made a cheesecake for years, so maybe I'll have to do one soon :)

yip mean how to decorate the top. Want it to look good. This will be first time making one

I guess it's still handy having books around ;)
Chocolate curls (I hope this makes sense without the pix) - pour melted dark chocolate (plain or semi-sweet) chocolate onto a marble slab or stainless steel bench top and use a palette knife (looks similar to a paint stripper) to spread thinly.
/as the chocolate begins to set hold a large knife at a 45 degree angle to the benchtop and pull gently through the chocolate.
It is essential to work quickly or the chocolate will harden & splinter.

To do a two-tone, as per above (spreading) the white chocolate, then make one-way ridges with a comb scraper or fork.
Allow to cool & harden. Pour melted dark over the ridges of white chocolate. Spread thiinly until the white is totally covered.
Then as above with the scraping :)
Hope that makes sense & hopefully someone has got easier instructions lol (or do a search on google images/video)

andi. surf, I recall that you are making or were going to make the Baileys Cheesecake - am I right? If so, are you also planning on making the chocolate sauce to go over/with it? Whether you are/aren't making the sauce, a simple way of finishing the top of your cheesecake would be to give it a marbled look - all you would need to do is make the cheesecake as in the recipe and let it set a little, then spoon melted and cooled chocolate over the filling mixture and, using a spoon, swirl it lightly into the top of the filling.

Hope that helps. :-))

Hi 245sam,

Yip you are right I am going to make baileys cheesecake but without the sauce.

Just want to swirl choc on top but wa unsure what to do.

Thanks for your help.

to give a feathered or marbled look, pour the choc sauce on top and use a skewer to swirl gently through the top. For a "spiderweb" look you pour into a circle and drag from the centra and right out to the outer edge with a skewer.