Kaye and Geoff's Recipes - Cakes


Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake Brownie

First

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 23 cm. square baking tin with baking paper - don't omit this step - the base is like mud cake, and will stick.

Brownie

340gm dark cooking chocolate, chopped		50gm butter
1/2 cup sugar					2 eggs
1 tspn vanilla					1/2 tspn salt
2/3 cup plain flour
Melt chocolate and butter together in microwave or over hot water, until chocolate is quite melted. Stir in the sugar and blend well. Using a low speed on an electric mixer, beat in the eggs and vanilla. Stir in the salt and flour. Spread this mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.

Cheesecake

250gm cream cheese, softened			30gm butter
1/2 cup sugar					2 eggs
2 tblsp milk					1 tblsp plain flour
85gm dark cooking chocolate, finely chopped
Beat together the cream cheese, butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs, milk and flour. Stir in chopped chocolate. Pour on top of the chocolate base.

Bake at 180°C for approximately 40 minutes (my oven is a bit slow and took 45mins). Cool in the tin completely before turning out and removing baking paper.

Top with a ganache of melted chocolate and butter and allow to set before cutting. Store in the refrigerator is you plan to keep it any length of time.