Brownie Cheesecake

What you need

Brownie ingredients

• 120 g Unsalted butter, diced
• 100 g Chocolate chips
• 4 Tbsp Cocoa
• 2 Eggs
• 225 g Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 90 g Plain flour

Cheesecake ingredients

• 300 g Cream cheese, full fat
• 6 Tbsp Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

How to put this together

1. Preheat oven to 180 C
2. Line an 8 x 8 baking tin with parchment paper.
3. Using a double boil method, add butter + chocolate chips + cocoa in the bowl. Stir occasionally until everything is melted & well mixed.
4. Take off heat. Leave to cool slightly. Note: if the mixture is too hot, you’ll end up scrambling the egg.
5. In a bowl, add eggs + sugar + salt + vanilla extract. Using a hand whisk, beat until well mixed.
6. Add chocolate mixture to egg mixture. Briefly mix with the whisk. Do NOT over mix.
7. Sift in the flour. Briefly mix with the whisk. Do NOT over mix.
8. Pour brownie mixture into the tray
9. Add cream cheese + sugar in a bowl. Using balloon whisk attachment, beat until light and fluffy.
10. Add egg + vanilla extract. Beat well until the mixture is smooth.
11. Pour this on top of the brownie mixture. Or if you want a marble effect, add them in large dollops using a spoon, then use a skewer to drag the mixture around to create marble effect
    
12. Bake for 40 mins.
13. Leave to cool completely.