The next instalment in the "find the best ever Brownie recipe" quest. These are Cream Cheese Marble Brownies from Delicious Magazine. They had a fabulous texture, just perfectly moist and squidgy. They tasted pretty good too (they had quite a strong mocha flavour), the cream cheese part didn't in any way mar the smooth chocolate hit which says "brownie" to me - it was a nice (slightly tangy) taste and texture interlude.
But all was not perfect in my brownie world, when I turned them out of the tin, this is what was before me:
Craters!, huge (well big) chocolate craters in the bottom of my sheet of brownies!! I don't know what I did wrong - can anyone help? The brownies tasted fine - there was no difference in texture around the holes, I just don't know why it happened :-{
Normally the lack of aesthetic beauty would not be an issue (I subscribe to the "beauty is only skin deep, it's what's inside that matters" school of thought!) but I had made the brownies (and a couple of other cakes) for my mother who had invited a few of her pals round for afternoon tea (how civilised is that!!) and I wanted everything to be perfect. Luckily as you can see there was a salvageable section, so I used that. (every cloud has a silver lining - they enjoyed the off cuts here!!) The brownies were the hit of the tea - the ladies even took some home for later!!
Cream Cheese Marble Brownies
145g butter
200g dark chocolate (70%)
100ml freshly made strong coffee*
225g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 med eggs
85g plain flour
Marbling Mixture
150g cream cheese
60g caster sugar**
1 med egg beaten
1/2tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 180 C
Prepare 20x20cm tin (I lined it with parchment paper)
Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water.
Stir in the coffee and then cool slightly.
Stir in the sugar and vanilla.
Whisk in the eggs until smooth.
Add the flour and mix gently until glossy.
In another bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth.
Add the egg, sugar and vanilla and mix until combined.
Spoon the chocolate mixture into the prepared tin.
Add the cheese mixture and use a knife to create the marble effect.
Bake 30 - 40 minutes (took mine longer)
*I used a double espresso made in my new toy, but that was probably a bit too strong.
** I used golden caster sugar, but you would get a better colour contrast if you used white.
Enjoy!
P.S. Nigella's Snow Flecked Brownies still hold the crown!!
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