Nutella Cheesecake Brownies

When I pulled these out this morning to photograph, I said, "I will not eat one. I will take pictures, put them back in the pan and go on with my morning."

Because sometimes I can justify eating the slices I cut out to photograph. Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars? It's got dough in it... it's like a biscuit! Orange Mango Bars? Fruit! There's fruit in it! Everyone eats fruit for breakfast!

But there is nothing good to say about eating a brownie at 8:13 AM. Except that.... it's delicious and I'm pretty sure my day's going to be slightly better because of it. In fact, I'm changing my tune.

I have lots of good things to say about eating a Nutella Cheesecake Brownie at 8:13 AM while simultaneously blogging and raving to Backstreet Boys' "Masquerade." You need it in your life.

Your ingredients: Devil's Food Cake Mix, eggs, butter, vanilla, cream cheese, powdered sugar, Nutella

First, mix together the cake mix, 1 egg, and melt one of those sticks of butter and throw it in there too. It'll look like this. Press that evenly into the bottom of your pan.

Next, beat together the cream cheese and nutella until it's creamy. Add the eggs, the rest of the butter melted, and vanilla.

Now, beat in the powdered sugar a little at a time until it's thoroughly mixed. It looks slightly more delicious.

Now just pour that on top of the pressed cake mix, and bake! It comes out looking like this and smelling like chocolate heaven.

Mmm, look at those delicious layers.

Nutella Cheesecake Brownies

From Lovin' From the Oven

Bottom Layer:

1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix

1 egg

1/2 cup butter, melted

Top Layer:

8 oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup Nutella

1/2 cup butter, melted

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 16 oz. box powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 9x13 pan.

In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, 1 eggs, and butter. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the pan.

In an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and Nutella until creamy. Add in the eggs, vanilla, and melted butter and combine. Add in the powdered sugar a little bit at a time until the mixture is thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture on top of the cake layer and spread evenly.

Bake for 40-50 minutes, until it is set. It's supposed to be gooey, so don't overbake it.



Nutella Cheesecake Cupcakes

Look, I have to tell you something. Last week I tried to make S'mores Cookies, and it was an epic, EPIC fail. It was... awful. It was the most disappointing and saddening thing that's ever happened to me in the kitchen. So this week, it was with great trepidation that I went back into the kitchen.

On an unrelated note, I just discovered Nutella. I know, right, I'm about 1,000 years late. But I think that when everybody was all, "I'm really into Nutella," I said I didn't like it because I wanted to be hip by being unhip. Because that's how I roll apparently. But guess what?

NUTELLA IS DELICIOUS. So I went back to every Nutella recipe I'd ever overlooked, and when I saw the word "cheesecake," I stopped. And here they are.

 

They are wonderful.

Your ingredients: Cream cheese, Sour cream, Butter, Graham Cracker crumbs, sugar, eggs, Nutella, condensed milk, and vanilla (oops).

Melt your butter, and mix it in with the graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Press about a spoonful into the bottom of your cupcake liners and bake for 5 minutes.

Then, mix together your cream cheese and condensed milk, add the eggs and vanilla, then the sour cream, until it's all smooth, like this.

Pour it on top of the crust. Add about 1/2 tablespoon of Nutella into each one, then swirl with a knife. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cheesecake is set and they look like....

this! Then just let them cool and refrigerate. Yummm.

Look at this guy! The reason I didn't post last week is because (of the cookie fail and) also I was at DragonCon! I bought him at one of the dealer booths because I fell in love with him on sight. His name is Mister Food, and I think his benevolent prescence is going to forestall any more baking disasters in my kitchen.

Nutella Cheesecake Cupcakes

Adapted from Tasty Kitchen

2 8 oz. packages of cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs

4 tbsp. sugar

4 tbsp. butter, melted

2 14 oz. cans sweetened condensed milk

2 tbsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 cup Nutella

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.

In a bowl, mix together with a fork the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press about a tablespoon of the mixture into the bottom of each of the cupcake liners. Bake for 5 minutes, then set aside to cool.

In an electric mixer, mix the cream cheese and condensed milk together until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla, then the sour cream, and mix well. Pour the batter evenly into the cupcake liners. Dollop about 1/2 tablespoon of Nutella into each one and swirl with a fork.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cheesecake filling doesn't jiggle too much. Cool in the muffin pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool for another 10 mintues. Refrigerate at least 30 mintues before serving.