Kim

Cream cheese brownies

I don’t know why everyone is obsessed with baking banana bread during lockdown, when they could be baking these brownies. I love the addition of coffee in these, which brings out the flavour of the chocolate.

Cheesecake brownies

Ingredients

    • 150g unsalted butter
    • 200g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
    • 250g caster sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 3 medium free-range eggs
    • 100ml freshly made strong espresso
    • 100g plain flour
For the marbling
  • 150g full-fat cream cheese
  • 60g caster sugar
  • 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Melt the butter and the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally (don’t let the bowl touch the water). Remove the bowl from the heat and cool slightly.
  2. Stir the sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt into the chocolate mix, then beat in the eggs using a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer until smooth. Stir in the coffee, sift over the flour, then beat until just combined and glossy.
  3. For the marbling, beat the cream cheese in a mixing bowl until smooth, then mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla. Spoon the coffee chocolate mix into the tin, then pour over the marbling mix and use a knife to cut through both mixes for a marbled effect.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes, but keep an eye on the brownies as you may need to cover the tin with foil for the last 10 minutes of cooking if they start to brown too much. Cool in the tin, then cut into 16 squares.

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