Cheesecake brownies
These cheesecake brownies are a combination of gooey chocolate brownie swirled with a creamy cheesecake mixture, are absolutely gorgeous.
Cheesecake brownie
Ingredients
- 225 g Margarine, plus extra for greasing
- 200 g low-fat cream cheese
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g soft light brown sugar
- 115 g self raising flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 50 g dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°c / gas 4. Grease a 8 x 12in baking tin and set aside.
- Beat together the cream cheese, 1 egg, vanilla extract and 2 tbsp of the sugar and set aside.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Meanwhile, put the butter in a mixing bowl. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Add the remaining eggs and sugar and beat until smooth. Stir the chocolate into the mixture.
- Spoon the brownie mixture into a prepared baking tin and level the top with the back of a spoon.
- Drizzle the cream cheese mixture over the top and swirl it with a blunt ended knife throughout the tin.
- Bake in the oven for 30-35mins or until the brownie springs back when lightly pressed in the middle.
- Turn the brownie out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
- Cut into square and serve with a dollop of ice cream.