CREAM CHEESE BROWNIE

If you love chocolate

and

you love cheese

guess this is the best combination you can get -

A Cream Cheese Brownie

I have a block of cream cheese & 

a block of baking chocolate in the pantry

AND

this recipe from http://delishar.com/2015/08/cream-cheese-brownies.html

Cream Cheese Topping

227g cream cheese, room temperature

60g sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

Brownie Base

85g plain flour sifted with

1/2 tsp baking powder &

1/4 tsp salt

170g baking chocolate

115g butter

140g sugar

3 eggs

Method

1) line a 8" X 8" pan with aluminium foil & oil the base & sides

2) preheat oven to 160'C

3) Topping: double boil to melt cream cheese & sugar

4) leave to cool 5 min before beat in egg & vanilla extract

5) mix well & leave aside

6) For Brownie: Melt chocolate & butter in a double boiler

7) mix in sugar & allow to cool for 5 min

8) beat in eggs, one at a time

9) fold in sifted flour, mix until mixture is glossy

10) pour chocolate mix into prepared pan, leave 3 Tbsp mixture for topping

11) pour cream cheese mixture on to this chocolate layer

12) drop dollops of reserved brownie batter on the cheese layer

13) use back of knife to create swirls

14) bake for 50-60min until skewer inserted comes out clean

15) cool for 5 min before removing from pan, continue to cool on rack