As you can tell from my very slack posting I have been quite busy lately with family staying, busy at work and other things! So here is a very brief posting on this week’s TWD recipe which was chosen by Melissa of Life in a Peanut Shell and is Espresso Cheesecake Brownie. I made these for when I hosted book club at my house last week and they went down a real treat. Once again I must apologise for a rather terrible photo of a really delicious treat – a busy life means hurried photos.
These cheesecake brownie were more cheesecake than brownie – a brownie base with an espresso flavoured cheesecake topping and then a layer of sweetened sour cream on top. I am not a coffee drinker, but the coffee flavour of the cheesecake topping was not so pronounced as to bother a non coffee drinker. I am not sure what the sour cream topping added to be honest. I would have been just as happy without it. My sour cream topping didn’t set all that well – maybe the consistency of sour cream in New Zealand is different to that in the US?
Anyway, the result was that all the girls at book club loved the brownie. I did too - it was simple to make, although it did take a lot of ingredients. But, I would make it again. See if the other TWDers loved it as well here.
14 comments:
Hi Tammy
I just checked the list of ingreds in my sour cream and you are spot on. My sour cream in the US has a whole bunch of additives in it - guar gum, gelatin to name a few....they would both affect the 'setting' abilities of it.
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Yoiur brownies look great - so glad you liked them. To make sure thta I resisted temptation, I took them to work and only had half of one - because this is the kind of thing that I could readily eat the whole pan!
Glad they were a hit at book club. I don't think the sour cream was supposed to 'set' all that much.
Your brownies turned out great! Very tasty looking! My cheesecake portion didn't completely set. A bummer but they were still good!
I agree - the sour cream topping was just a little odd for me. I skipped it :) Yours look wonderful though!
the sour cream that i buy in the US doesn't have additives, but i always check the ingredients to make sure i buy a brand that doesn't contain them. that said, when we were in australia, i found sour cream to be very different from what i was used to, and had to buy about 10 different kinds before i found one that was similar! anyway, i'm sure your brownies were a hit with the book club...forget the books, i'd go just for your treats!
Looks delicious. Again, I skipped the topping. I think it's a habit...
I'm glad yo enjoyed it Tammy! It wasn't my favorite, but I didn't hate it either :-P
Im glad you liked them. Life does get crazy busy and it's nice we can have a break to bake!
I like the look with the topping.
I almost wish I had made the topping.
My topping didn't really set, either, and I'm with you - don't know that it added much to the dessert. And I'm thinking maybe I would have liked more brownie than cheesecake!
German sour cream is just soured cream, so I used some gelatin to fix it :-)
Yours look very tasty ...
Ulrike @ Küchenlatein
My brownies disappeared before I could put the sour cream topping on. Sounds like we didn't miss anything. Glad you and your friends enjoyed them.
My topping didn't set either, but I scraped it off anyway, so didn't matter.
Yours look great.
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