Anna's Cheesecake Brownies

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Ingredients:

For the Brownies:

• 200g plain chocolate (anything as long as it’s a bit dark; milk chocolate is too sweet)
• 200g butter
• 250g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 125g plain flour

For the Cheesecake:

• 400g cream cheese (that’s two packs)
• 1tsp vanilla flavouring (if you don’t have any it’s no big deal)
• 125g caster sugar
• 2 eggs.

Method: 1) To begin with you’ll need a baking tray that’s about 20 by 30cm. It should be at least 5cm deep too, so you could use an ovenproof dish as long as you line it! Whatever you’re using, you have to line it with baking paper or else your brownies will get stuck. 2) Preheat the oven to 180˚C, gas 4. 3) To make the brownies melt the chocolate and the butter together in the microwave for a few minutes, making sure you stir them regularly or you might ruin the chocolate. You can overcook chocolate; it’s horrific seeing it go all grainy and useless so keep your eye on it! 4) With the chocolate mix to one side, whisk the eggs and the caster sugar together in a large bowl with as much force as you can muster. Ideally, the mix should turn a creamy yellow colour but as long as everything’s combined you can move on to the next step. 5) Stir the melted butter and chocolate into the egg mix until combined, then fold in the flour carefully. It needs to be just mixed, you don’t want to stir it too much or you’ll knock the air out. 6) Set the brownie mix aside. 7) Now for the cheesecake. In another large bowl mix the cream cheese and sugar together, then beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth and glossy. You might need to use a whisk as it gets a bit lumpy. 8) Right, you’ve got both your mixes now so get your lined tin/dish and spoon ¾ of the brownie mix in it, using a knife to smooth the mixture flat in the tin. 9) Then pour your cheesecake mixture over. 10) THEN dollop your remaining ¼ chocolate brownie mix over the cheesecake. Tap the tin a bit to make sure everything’s level, then with a knife you can marble the brownie bits into the cheesecake- just run the knife through everything and get swirling. 11) Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 35-45 minutes. It needs to be just set on the top, sort of golden brown and not solid or it won’t be chewy! 12) Leave to cool then eat. BUT it smells so good you might have to have a sneaky hot slice...

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