A little bit about cheesecake brownies

Who loves brownies? Who loves cheesecake? This one's for you!

I have a Studentlife conference reunion tomorrow and a group of girls are baking a lil some'in ;)

Although I can't join them, I thought I'd make some brownies to bring along...

I used Cadbury baking chocolate, but I think it would be nicer with eating chocolate; Whittaker's dark ghana, for example.

Okay, confession: I incorrectly read the recipe I was following- I thought I was supposed to melt chocolate and butter together, but it was actually just the chocolate to be melted, so I had to quickly reinvent the own recipe, altering the method and quantity... It turned out great in the end!

The cheesecake mixture: cream cheese, egg, caster sugar and vanilla.

Pour in brownie mix then cheesecake mix. Dollop remaining brownie mix over top

And marble with a toothpick

 

Half an hour later, you have cheesecake brownies!!

Cheesecake Brownies

Brownies:

200g block of dark chocolate

200g unsalted butter

1 cup caster sugar

3 eggs

1 cup plain flour

Cheesecake mixture:

250g cream cheese

¼ cup caster sugar

½ tsp vanilla essence

1 egg

1.       Over a low heat, melt butter and chocolate, stirring with a wooden spoon.

2.       Remove from heat and cool. Meanwhile, make the cheesecake mixture: Beat all ingredients until smooth and creamy.

3.       In a separate bowl, beat caster sugar and eggs until combined.

4.       Fold in flour and pour in the melted chocolate mixture. Stir until smooth.

5.       In a lined tin, pour in brownie mixture, reserving about half a cup.

6.       Pour in cheesecake mixture over top.

7.       With the half cup of brownie mix, dollop over the top and make marble pattern using a toothpick.

8.       Bake at 180C for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

9.       Cool in tin then cut into squares.

Om nom noms <3

And to conclude,

LOOK AT MY NEW MIRROR!!
It flips around and it's so great to put on my desk when I need to do my makeup, I can just flip it when I'm studying so I don't distract myself!

Signed,
Elisa