Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 14 oreo cookies
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 for brownie layer preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9" springform cake pan and line bottom and sides with parchment paper.
• 3 melt butter and pour into a large bowl.
• 4 sift cocoa into butter and stir in sugar.
• 5 add eggs to mixture, blending well after each addition.
• 6 stir in vanilla.
• 7 in a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. (do not sift).
• 8 add to cocoa mixture and blend gently.
• 9 pour into pan and bake 35 minutes.
• 10 cool completely before filling.
• 11 for cheesecake layer, lay 8 oreo cookies in a circle on cooled brownie layer.
• 12 melt chocolate. (i use the microwave instead of over water).
• 13 beat cream cheese until fluffy using electric beater.
• 14 slowly add sugar while mixing and beat in vanilla.
• 15 pour the whipping cream in and whip on high speed until mixture becomes firm and holds a peak.
• 16 add chocolate and blend quickly.
• 17 pour this onto brownie base, spread and cool for 2 hours before slicing.
• 18 garnish with oreo cookies cut in half and placed on cake.