Coffee, Dark Chocolate & Walnut Cheesecake Brownies

Ingredients

Method

Preheat the oven at 180°C. Line a ±18 cm x 28 cm x 4 cm deep pan with baking paper, leaving enough paper on the sides to lift the brownies from the pan after baking.

Break the chocolate into pieces and mix with 60 g of the butter in a heatproof bowl over a pot with simmering water. Stir until melted.

Add the coffee granules and stir through (the coffee doesn't have to dissolve). Set aside.

Beat the remaining butter (120 g), light brown sugar and soft brown sugar together until well combined. Add 3 of the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat until thick and creamy.

Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together and add to the egg and sugar mixture. Mix until just combined. Add the chocolate and mix well. Stir in the walnuts.

Beat the cream cheese, castor sugar, vanilla essence and remaining egg together until creamy.

Spoon half of the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan. Spoon dollops of half of the cream cheese mixture on top. Spoon the remaining chocolate mixture on top and follow with dollops of the remaining cream cheese mixture.

Use a knife and pull through the mixture in different directions to create a swirl pattern.

Bake for 40 minutes.

The brownies will still be slightly wobbly. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the pan. Lift out of the pan. Cut into squares.