Cream Cheese Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g butter
• 250 g dark cooking chocolate, the real thing, not compound chocolate
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2/3 cup plain flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa, i use cadbury's baking cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 500 g cream cheese, must be the spreadable kind
• 1/2 cup caster sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease and line with baking paper extending over sides a bit - a lamington size tin.
• 2 melt the chocolate butter and brown sugar over a very low heat, then allow to cool a bit and whisk in the eggs one at a time.
• 3 fold in the sifted together flour, soda and cocoa and pour in to the prepared tin.
• 4 beat the cheese and caster sugar together till creamy, you will probably need to use a electric beater here unless you are a glutton for punishment, as its hard work by hand! spoon in blobs on to the mixture in the tin, and swirl round a bit with a knife in random spots.
• 5 bake at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes. this can depend a bit on your oven, but don't try to hurry it by turning your oven up too much or the texture will be a bit tough.
• 6 this mix has a soft fudgy texture and when cooked, will have a firm top, but a few crumbs will stick when tested with a skewer.
• 7 leave in tin and chill overnight, but do loosen the sides a bit with a knife first.
• 8 lift out of tin using the paper, onto a flat surface, and cut into squares, dipping knife in hot water after each cut and wiping on paper towel.
• 9 enjoy -- and remember that old adage, any chocolate eaten standing up, has no calories.