Mini Chocolate-Swirl Brownies

Name: Mini Chocolate-Swirl Brownies
Ingredients: 125 g/4¼ oz/generous ½ cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 300 g/11 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 64% cocoa solids); 300 g/11 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 64% cocoa solids); 5 eggs; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup soft light brown sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla extract; 100 g/3¾ oz/scant 1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted; 275 g/10 oz/1¼ cups cream cheese; ½ vanilla pod, scraped

Preparation info

Makes
16

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

Chocolate brownies with cream cheese are an all-time favourite luxury. In this version, the cream cheese is swirled together with a little brown sugar and the seeds from a vanilla pod for extra flavour and texture. The brown sugar is added to the chocolate mixture as well, which gives a richer, stickier brownie.

Ingredients

125 g/4¼ oz/generous ½ cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
300

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Grease a 20cm/8in square cake tin (pan) and line with baking parchment so that it comes up the sides of the tin.
Place the butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Allow i

Energy 330kcal/1380kJ; Protein 5g; Carbohydrate 31g, of which sugars 26g; Fat 22g, of which saturates 13g; Cholesterol 108mg; Calcium 52mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 85mg