Chocolate Brownie and Cheesecake Cupcakes

I asked my husband what birthday cakes he would like for his family birthday tea, and he replied with- chocolate. That's it, just chocolate. With that rather flexible license to bake, I played around with a few ideas and settled on some kind of chocolate cake/cheesecake combo.

These Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake Cupcakes have a lovely, soft, chocolatey sponge with patches of baked cheesecake distributed through them. They are, in one word, delicious!

I had a fair bit of trouble with the cheesecake mixture, namely that it was very runny. I have had this recently with cream cheese icing as well. Quite frustrated, I googled around and discovered that this is an issue with British cream cheese. Even the full fat varieties have quite a lot of liquid in them compared to US versions, which are much more dense. When cooked, it tastes the same. It's the consistency during the process that's the issue. I have explained as best I can in the method, how to handle it.

Cream cheese issues aside, these cakes turn out beautifully and they look very inviting. Make sure you use good quality dark chocolate for the chocolate brownie batter, or you'll lose that deep chocolate flavour.

Next time you have a party, put Chocolate Brownie and Cheesecake Cupcakes on the menu!