Journey to the sweet side: Brownie cheesecake

Ever heard of a sweet equation? Cheesecake + Brownie = Cheesecake Brownie. Or Brownie Cheesecake. Whichever, it is simple and oh so good.

For a 20 cm x 20 cm pan:
2 eggs
80 g flour
20 g dark cocoa
100 g dark chocolate
120 g butter
80 g sugar
1/2 vanilla bean

250 g cream cheese
1 egg
100 g sugar
1/2 vanilla bean

Mix flour and cocoa in one bowl and sugar, butter and chocolate in the other.

Melt butter, sugar and chocolate in a double broiler or in a microwave and add 1/2 vanilla bean. Once it has cooled down, add the eggs and whisk it thoroughly.

Add the chocolate mixture to flour and cocoa and mix.

For the cheesecake part beat together cream cheese, egg, sugar and 1/2 vanilla bean until the mixture is entirely mixed.

Pour 3/4 of the chocolate mixture into a greased and floured pan. Pour the cheesecake mixture over the chocolate one and end with the rest of the chocolate mixture. Now run a fork over the pan so that the mixture start to mix and you get a marbled effect.

Bake 45-55 minutes at 170° C until golden brown.