Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

Since I have started blogging I have piled on a couple of pounds ,nope not a couple, about 10 pounds or so . Oh please god why does all the yummy tasting stuff have to be the most fattening , why,why, WHY?
Whewww!!! Now that is off my chest I will get back to the recipe I am posting .These brownies are rich , decadent and moist and above all very good for your diet , that is if you are looking to put on a few pounds.For today I will enjoy this , tommorrow is another day maybe then :).


INGREDIENTS

225 gms plain chocolate chopped
75 gms butter
4 eggs
350 gms caster sugar
115 gms plain flour
a pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup walnuts chopped

for the cheesecake batter

50 gms butter
175 gms cream cheese
115 gms caster sugar
2 eggs
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp vanilla essence

METHOD

Melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave on power 30 for about 5 -6 min .
Meanwhile beat the eggs until light and fluffy .
Gradually add the sugar and continue beating till blended.
Sift over the dry ingredients and fold in the mixture.
Stir in the chocolate and walnuts . Set aside 2 cups of this mix.
To make the plain batter , cream the butter and the cream cheese .
Add the sugar and continue beating till well blended.
Beat in the eggs , flour and vanilla essence.
Line and grease a 13/9 inch tin .
Spread the unmeasured chocolate mix  into the tin.
Pour over the cheesecake mixture .
Drop spoonfuls of the reserved chocolate mix on top.
With a metal spatula ,swirl the mixtures to marble.Don't blend completely .
Bake in a preheated 180 c oven for about 35-40 min or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean .
Unmould when cool and cut into squares to serve.

2 comments:

  1. pure desi way i'll say ayyo ramah...yea i agree it's disheartening to see the calories packing on you...haha.
    lovely lovely i don mind the wicked calories ;P

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  2. Yeah , why does all the yummy things have to be soooooo laden with calories .

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