Red Velvet Cheesecake Swirl Brownie Bites by Juliet Sear
| Serves: 10 | Chef: Juliet Sear | Course: Dessert | Category: Cakes | Machine: Mixer | Total time (min.): 40 |
These delicious brownie bars are perfect for valentines. I’ve used a brownie pan that is 25 x 20cm but you can use a 9” or 10” square tin too, the thickness will vary a little and just keep an eye on the bake time. You want them to be set on top but still have a wobble and when tested with a skewer or knife there should be some pastey mix, but not be glistening wet.
Ingredients
For the cheesecake swirl:
- 300g full-fat cream cheese
- 80g caster sugar
- 1 medium egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 medium free-range eggs
- 250g caster sugar
- 180 g softened butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
- 2 tsp strong red food colouring
- 120 g plain flour
- 20g cocoa powder
- A pinch of salt
- 50g buttermilk
Tools
- kMix Special Edition Rose Gold
Method
- Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan and grease and line a 12" x 9" traybake tin
- To make the cheesecake filling, mix together the full-fat cream cheese, caster sugar, one egg and vanilla extract, whisk until smooth, and set aside.
- In the bowl of the stand mixer, cream the butter, vanilla and red food colouring until fluffy.
- Add three eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition
- Sift the cocoa into the flour, add the salt and mix with a fork to distribute.
- Add the vanilla and vinegar to the buttermilk, then add ½ the flour mix to the bowl and gently mix, followed by half the buttermilk, then repeat with the rest of the flour and buttermilk.
- Spoon the brownie mixture into the traybake tin, then blob over the cheesecake mix and use a knife to swirl it together to marble. Bake for 25- 30 minutes until setting on the top and going golden at the edges. It should still have a little wobble in the centre, as it will set when cooling.
- Leave it to cool in the tin, then refrigerate for a couple of hours before cutting it into squares.
- Store in the fridge, they will keep well for up to five days.
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