Pumpkin Cheesecake Chocolate Swirl

Ingredients

Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling

• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 6 Tablespoons pumpkin puree
• 2 Tablespoons sour cream
• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Brownies

• 2/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Line an 8x8 inch cake pan with parchment paper (or aluminum foil) leaving an overhang all the way around for easy removal later, and grease the paper with a little butter.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling

1. In a small mixing bowl, use an electric beater to beat the cream cheese until creamy.
2. Add the pumpkin, sour cream, sugar, flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Beat to combine well and set aside.

Brownies

1. In another mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon.
2. In a small sauce pan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the chocolate and melt, heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally to combine.
3. Use an electric mixer to mix the sugar, eggs, and vanilla together in a medium bowl.
4. Mix in the melted chocolate to mixture until incorporated. Add flour mixture and fold to combine.

Assembly

1. Reserve 1/2 cup batter (put it in the pot you melted your chocolate in.)
2. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan.
3. Spread cream cheese filling evenly over batter.
4. Heat the batter in the pot, just enough to soften.
5. Using a spoon, dollop softened batter over cream cheese filling, 6-8 dollops.
6. Use a knife and swirl batter through cream cheese filling, making a marbled pattern.
7. Place into the preheated oven and bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Remove from oven. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour.
9. Using parchment paper overhang, lift brownies out of pan. Return brownies to wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
10. Cut into squares and serve.