Brownie Cheesecake. A luscious marriage of vanilla & chocolate!

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May 20, 2026

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Brownie Cheesecake. A luscious, creamy vanilla cheesecake sits atop a chocolate cookie crumb crust, topped with mounds of mini brownies and a drizzle of wealthy chocolate ganache.

Brownie Cheesecake

Initially Revealed Feb 2018.

I’ve tried many a brownie cheesecake in my day and experimented with making a number of. Generally with a brownie base, typically with chunks of brownie baked into the cheesecake itself.

My last model of this recipe settled on a chocolate cookie crumb base, so as to add a bit crunch to this cheesecake. The brownies usually are not included into the cheesecake layer in any respect. I had a great rationale for that selection.

Brownie Cheesecake topped with plenty of mini brownies!

Brownie Cheesecake topped with loads of mini brownies!

I selected to bake little chew measurement brownies to high the Brownie Cheesecake as a way to protect their chewy, fudgy texture. I discovered baking them into the cheesecake resulted in them solely sinking to the underside anyway and I like this presentation a lot better.

Brownie Cheesecake

The creaminess of a superbly baked cheesecake can also be maintained, which I at all times favor. The combination of textures and flavours is just excellent on this superb dessert.

Mini brownies for brownie cheesecake.

Some baking suggestions for an ideal cheesecake.

A phrase about baking a cheesecake in a bain marie earlier than beginning the recipe. A bain marie is just a water bathtub that buffers the direct warmth from the edges and backside of the baking pan. This permits the cheesecake to bake extra evenly from the edges to the centre.

Chocolate cookie crumb crust for Brownie Cheesecake.

I bake my cheesecakes in a 9 inch springform pan. I wrap the underside and sides in a number of layers of broad heavy responsibility aluminum foil. This varieties a form of boat that the cheesecake pan sits in.

Brownie Cheesecake prepared for the oven.

The roll of aluminum foil that I exploit is about 16 inches broad. I exploit no less than 4 layers of foil to make it possible for no water leaks in and ruins the crust of my cheesecake. The aluminum foil wrapped pan is then positioned inside a bigger baking pan. I exploit a 12 inch cake pan. Boiling water is then poured into the bigger pan filling it from 1/2 to 2/3 of the best way to the highest.

Brownie batter.

I discover it finest to pour the boiling water into the pan after it’s positioned on the rack within the oven. This fashion, you might be much less more likely to splash water onto the cheesecake or contained in the aluminum foil. I reuse the aluminum foil for a number of future cheesecakes, including a few layers to it every time simply to be secure.

Including the dry substances to brownie batter.

Brownies simply out of the oven.

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Substances

1 1/3 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
3 tbsp sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
3 eight ounce packages ounces cream cheese
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whipping cream

1/2 cup plus one rounded tablespoon of flour
3 tablespoon cocoa powder
pinch salt
1/3 cup butter
3 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate, Melted (or about 1/2 cup darkish chocolate chips melted)
1/2 cup plus one rounded tablespoon of granulated sugar
3 rounded tbsp light-brown sugar
1 additional massive egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup darkish chocolate chips

Directions

To organize the Cheesecake

In a small bowl, mix the cookie crumbs,sugar and melted butter.
Press into the underside of a evenly greased or parchment lined 9 inch springform pan. (Grease backside solely!) Parchment paper is right right here as a result of it makes it very straightforward to launch the cheesecake from the underside of the pan.
Cream collectively the cream cheese and 1 cup sugar till easy.
Add the eggs one after the other, beating nicely after every addition.

Beat within the vanilla extract.

Lastly mix within the whipping cream.
To bake the cheesecake
Pour over the ready base and bake in a bain marie (See Notice) at 300 levels F for 60 minutes to 70 minutes. The cheesecake doesn’t need to brown in any respect as a way to be totally baked; the floor of the cheesecake ought to lose any shine when the cake is correctly baked. It might nonetheless be barely wobbly simply on the heart at this level.
Take away the cake from the oven and run a pointy knife utterly across the fringe of the pan. This may permit for the cheesecake to shrink because it cools and hopefully not crack (however who cares if it does? I’m by no means bothered by a crack or two within the floor) Enable the cheesecake to chill totally on a wire rack at room temperature. (NOT within the fridge). Refrigerate after totally cooled.
Prime with the mini brownies and drizzle with chocolate ganache earlier than serving.

To organize the Mini Brownies

Sift collectively flour, cocoa and salt.
Soften collectively butter and unsweetened chocolate over low warmth. Don’t let this combination overheat.
Take away from warmth and funky to lukewarm.
Add egg, vanilla and sugars. Stir very nicely till sugars are nearly dissolved.
Gently fold in dry substances.
Pour batter right into a 8 inch sq. baking pan that has been greased and lined with parchment paper.
Bake for about 15-18 minutes at 325 levels F or till the floor of the middle of the brownies seems dry and agency. Toothpick check is not going to work for this recipe however it’s going to inform you if the center continues to be liquid. Don’t over bake these brownies or they are going to be dry relatively than moist and chewy.
Cool utterly earlier than reducing into 1/2 inch squares.

To organize the Chocolate Ganache

In a double boiler, soften collectively the whipping cream and chocolate chips

Drizzle over the brownies and cheesecake.

Notes

A phrase about baking a cheesecake in a bain marie earlier than beginning the recipe. A bain marie is just a water bathtub that buffers the direct warmth from the edges and backside of the baking pan to extra evenly bake the cheesecake from the edges to the middle.I bake my cheesecakes in a 9 inch springform pan that has the underside and sides wrapped in a number of layers of broad heavy responsibility aluminum foil which varieties a form of boat that the cheesecake pan sits in. The roll of aluminum foil that I exploit is about 16 inches broad. I exploit no less than 4 layers of foil to make it possible for no water leaks in and ruins the crust of my cheesecake. The aluminum foil wrapped pan is then positioned inside a bigger baking pan; I exploit a 12 inch cake pan. Boiling water is then poured into the bigger pan filling it from 1/2 to 2/3 of the best way to the highest.

I discover it finest to pour the boiling water into the pan after it’s positioned on the rack within the oven as you might be much less more likely to splash water onto the cheesecake or contained in the aluminum foil. I reuse the aluminum foil for a number of future cheesecakes, including a few layers to it every time simply to be secure.

Diet Data

Yield

16

Serving Dimension

16 servings

Quantity Per Serving

Energy 477Whole Fats 37gSaturated Fats 22gTrans Fats 1gUnsaturated Fats 12gLdl cholesterol 131mgSodium 256mgCarbohydrates 32gFiber 2gSugar 25gProtein 7g

The dietary data supplied is routinely calculated by third get together software program and is supposed as a tenet solely. Precise accuracy is just not assured. For recipes the place all substances is probably not used totally, akin to these with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for instance, calorie & dietary values per serving will doubtless be considerably decrease than indicated.

Brownie Cheesecake. A luscious marriage of vanilla & chocolate!

Brownie Cheesecake. A luscious, creamy vanilla cheesecake sits atop a chocolate cookie crumb crust, topped with mounds of mini brownies and a drizzle of wealthy chocolate ganache.