Marbled Cream Cheese Squares
It's 6am and once again I can't sleep. So here's my solution:
I whip out my recipe books, lie in bed flipping the pages... and chance upon this fantastic recipe for cream cheese squares. They were too pretty and too yummy looking to escape my eyes. What's more... it's chocolate and cheese! My two favourites. And arguably one of the best combinations you can get in baking. So at 6.30 i marched out of my room and into the kitchen. I hope my neighbours (who coincidentally were frying smelly fish again) were jealous when they smelt these.
Marbled Cream Cheese Squares (adapted from The Golden Book of Patisserie)
Cream Cheese Mixture
1 cup (250g) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (50g) sugar
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon cornstarch (cornflour)
Chocolate Mixture
8oz (250g) dark chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup (60g) cold butter
1/2 cup (150g) sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 large eggs, lightly beaten with 2 tablespoons cold water
1/2 cup (75g) all purpose plain flour
Makes 16-20 squares
Steps:
1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
2) Butter a 9 inch baking pan.
3) Cream Cheese Mixture: Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy. Beat in the lemon zest and juice and cornstarch. Add the egg, beating until just blended.
4) Chocolate Mixture: Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Set aside to cool. Stir in sugar and vanilla.
Add the beaten egg mixture, followed by the flour.
5) Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan.
6) Drop tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture over the chocolate base
7) Use a metal fork/ toothpick to create swirls in the mixture to create a marbled effect.
8) Bake for 25 to 30 mins or until slightly risen around the edges and set in the center
9) Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares
Pretty Swirls!!
I whip out my recipe books, lie in bed flipping the pages... and chance upon this fantastic recipe for cream cheese squares. They were too pretty and too yummy looking to escape my eyes. What's more... it's chocolate and cheese! My two favourites. And arguably one of the best combinations you can get in baking. So at 6.30 i marched out of my room and into the kitchen. I hope my neighbours (who coincidentally were frying smelly fish again) were jealous when they smelt these.
Marbled Cream Cheese Squares (adapted from The Golden Book of Patisserie)
Cream Cheese Mixture
1 cup (250g) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (50g) sugar
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon cornstarch (cornflour)
Chocolate Mixture
8oz (250g) dark chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup (60g) cold butter
1/2 cup (150g) sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 large eggs, lightly beaten with 2 tablespoons cold water
1/2 cup (75g) all purpose plain flour
Makes 16-20 squares
Steps:
1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
2) Butter a 9 inch baking pan.
3) Cream Cheese Mixture: Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy. Beat in the lemon zest and juice and cornstarch. Add the egg, beating until just blended.
4) Chocolate Mixture: Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Set aside to cool. Stir in sugar and vanilla.
Add the beaten egg mixture, followed by the flour.
5) Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan.
6) Drop tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture over the chocolate base
7) Use a metal fork/ toothpick to create swirls in the mixture to create a marbled effect.
8) Bake for 25 to 30 mins or until slightly risen around the edges and set in the center
9) Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares
Pretty Swirls!!