Black Bottom Squares

Submitted by Courtly

"A great combo bar cookie - cake"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 9x13 pan

ingredients

• TOPPING

• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces chocolate chips

• BASE

• 10 ounces flour
• 8 3⁄4 ounces sugar
• 2 ounces unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1⁄2 ounces vegetable oil (canola)
• 1⁄2 ounce white vinegar
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla

directions

1. Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and preheat oven to 350.
2. Topping: Mix cream cheese, sugar and salt in a mixer with paddle attachment.
3. Add egg and beat until fluffy.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Remove to a bowl and clean mixer.
6. Base: Sift dry ingredients together and put in mixer bowl.
7. Mix liquid ingredients together, add to mixer and beat until fully incorporated.
8. Assembly: spread base into cake pan until level.
9. Drop teaspoonsfull of topping uniformly over base.
10. Swirl topping into base with a knife.
11. Bake about 20-30 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
12. When testing doneness, make sure you test in a place where there are no chocolate chips.
13. Cool and cut into squares.

Reviews

[daroyal]

I had requested this recipe for my brother and he loved it!! Thank you MC