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Delicious Citrus Swirly Cakes

Chocolate orange brownie and lemon cheesecake come together in this yummy chocolaty citrus delight.

In the 70's cheesecake was one of those new trendy desserts that were the in thing to have as a dessert. My mum was an avid fan, but me as a young girl could not think of anything worse, I was unadventurous and stuck with ice cream! 

One of my children's favourite cakes are chocolate brownies, I decided to combine the 2 cakes and a recipe was born. Hope you enjoy these cakes as much as my testers did....they did not last long!

Oven temp 160C, 325F, gas 3

20cm square cake tin, greased and lined

Cheesecake instructions

1 egg, 225 cream cheese of choice, 50gr caster sugar, 1tsp lemon extract

Put all these ingredients into a bowl and beat together until well mixed. Set aside 

Brownie

50gr flour, 115 dark chocolate, 115 butter, 150gr dark brown sugar, 2 beaten eggs, grated zest of 1 orange, 1-2 tsps orange extract

Melt chocolate and butter together

Put all the other ingredients into another bowl and beat well until mixed. Gently fold in chocolate the mixture.

Spread 2 thirds of the brownie mix into pan....then spread the cheesecake mix on top. Take a spoon and place the rest of the brownie mix in heaps over the top of the cheesecake mix. Using a skewer or a cocktail stick swirl the mixtures together.

Bake for 30mins until just set in the centre. remove from oven and leave to cool in the tin.

Remove from tin and cut into squares. I cut 16, although small they are very rich. Decorate with your choice of ingredients. If they last that long! I used orange Belgian thins, A little chocolate frosting and topped off with a slice of mandarin, half a glacé cherry and a chocolate stick.....yummmmmmmy