Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Brownies

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Gooey, rich chocolate brownies with a hint of orange and swirled with orange cheesecake filling.

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Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Brownies

Gooey, rich chocolate brownies with a hint of orange and swirled with orange flavoured cheesecake filling.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Keyword: brownies, cheesecake, chocolate, chocolate cheesecake recipe, chocolate orange
Servings: 16 squares

Equipment

  • 20cm (8in) baking tin

Ingredients

Brownie Base

  • 225 g dark chocolate  I use 55% cocoa
  • 185 g unsalted butter
  • 300 g caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • zest of one large orange
  • juice of ½ and orange
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 45 g cocoa powder

Cheesecake swirl

  • zest of one large orange
  • juice of ½ and orange
  • 170 g cream cheese FULL FAT
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  • Line a 20cm square tin with greaseproof paper.
  • Preheat your oven to 160°C fan.

Brownie Base

  • In a heatproof bowl melt the butter and 225g of chocolate. Do this in the microwave in 30 second bursts with lots of stirring.
  • Mix through the sugar and eggs until combined. Stir through the orange zest and juice.
  • Sprinkle over the flour and cocoa powder and mix until just combined. 
  • Pour into your prepared tin.

Cheesecake Filling

  • In another bowl, beat together your cream cheese, sugar, egg, orange zest and juice.
  • Blob the cheesecake mixture on top of the brownie mixture. Run a knife once through all over to create a cheesecake swirl.
  • Put in your preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes. You want them to look a bit wobbly in the centre still, but set around the edges. Brownies are better underdone than overdone! They'll continue to cook after you take them out of the oven.
  • Allow to cool before slicing. I firm them up in the fridge.

Notes

  1. It’s important to use dark chocolate in the recipe. Milk chocolate contains more fat which will change the texture. Likewise using Terry’s chocolate orange in the base will also alter the consistency due to the orange oil.
  2. If you’d like to add chocolate chunks to your brownie mixture, stir through 200g chopped chocolate. Terry’s would work well here!
  3. Remember brownies are always better under baked than over baked.
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