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Espresso cheesecake brownies and Brown Bear Coffee giveaway!

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The world is split into two camps. In one camp are those who blithely jump out of bed every morning eager to greet the new day. The other camp is inhabited by zombies who sleepwalk through the first few hours of the day, grumpily staring into the middle distance unable to do much other than grunt. I belong – very firmly – in the second camp. In fact the only thing that gets me out of bed (late, always late) is a freshly made cup of coffee that my husband prepares in order to entice me into the land of the living. The first cup of many.

I love coffee. I mean LOVE it. I don’t think I could function without it. Which is why I am very excited to partner up with Brown Bear to give Supergolden Bakes readers a chance to win their entire range of coffee, an AeroPress (an awesome portable coffee maker) plus their wonderful Luxury Hot Chocolate. Enter this fabulous giveaway via the Gleam entry form at bottom of this post.

The other great thing about coffee is that it pairs remarkably well with baked treats. Especially these espresso caramel cheesecake brownies. I have refrained from brownie recipes on this blog for one simple reason: the are DANGEROUS. Eat a tiny morsel and suddenly you are addicted and half the tray is gone. These particular brownies are so good I am pretty sure they ended the Cold War retroactively (I have been watching The Americans – affiliate link). Please proceed with caution and share responsibly.

Espresso Caramel Cheesecake Brownies
These are gooey, intensely chocolatey with a hint of coffee. The cheesecake swirls are laced with salted caramel but both they and the caramel are optional. The brownies function just as well without them but I think the creamy cheesecake adds an extra ‘wow’ factor.

Ingredients
Makes 15 large squares
115g | 1 stick unsalted butter, cubed
100g | 3.5oz milk chocolate minimum 30% cocoa
125g | 4.5oz dark chocolate minimum 60% cocoa
100g | 3.5oz (caster) sugar
100g | 3.5oz light brown sugar
3 large eggs
100g | 3.5oz plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1-2 tbsp espresso
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
80g | 2.8oz milk chocolate chips
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150g | 5.3oz full fat cream cheese
80g | 2.8oz icing (powdered) sugar
2 tbsp flour
3 heaped tbsp caramel – store-bought or homemade (optional)
1 small egg

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C | 350F. Line a deep pan (11x7in) with baking paper letting the paper hang over the edges. You also can use a square pan (9x9in).
  2. Chop the two types of chocolate into small chunks. Place the chocolate and butter into a bowl.
  3. Bring a small pot of water to a rolling simmer and then turn heat off. Place a bowl on top, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Let the butter and chocolate slowly melt, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool.
  4. Put the eggs and sugar in large bowl and use a hand whisk to mix together. Make sure there are no lumps of brown sugar lurking in there.
  5. Add a little of the melted chocolate into the eggs and gently whisk together. Gradually add all the chocolate and vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.
  6. Sift the flour, cocoa, espresso and salt into the chocolate and fold together with a spatula.
  7. Add the chocolate chips and fold them in.
  8. Mix the cream cheese, flour, egg, icing sugar and caramel together until smooth.
  9. Pour the chocolate batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the cream cheese in three parallel lines across the length of the pan. Drag a knife across the cheesecake lines across the with of the pan to create swirls and gently mix the two batters.
  10. Bake for 30-35 minutes or up to 40 depending on pan size. The brownies are ready when mostly firm on top with a slight ‘give’. Test after 30 minutes – a skewer inserted in the centre should come out with a few moist crumbs attached but if batter is still too wet bake for a further 5 mins.
  11. Turn the oven off, open the door and pull tray part way out. Leave the brownies there until tray is cool enough to handle. 
  12. Put the tray on a drying rack to cool completely. I know it is tempting to try the brownies now but please leave for an hour. They will be much easier to cut and less likely to fall apart.
  13. Lift the brownies out of the pan using the paper overhang and cut neatly into squares. You can drizzle with a little extra caramel if you want go completely over the top!
Espresso cheesecake brownies
Espresso cheesecake brownies

Enter to win all of the items below (worth over £60)

• Complete range of Brown Bear Coffees (in whole bean or ground)
• Brown Bear Original Hot Chocolate
• Aerobie AeroPress

How to enter the giveaway
> Complete the Gleam form below and log in first via email, Twitter, Facebook etc (so I know who to contact if you win). 
> Some entries are mandatory so you have to complete those first before unlocking the rest. 
> If no form is showing, please refresh the page. 
> Remember you can come back daily for bonus entries. 
> Please read the rules and take note of the criteria. I do verify entries and cheats will be disqualified. Good luck!

Win a bumper pack of Brown Bear Coffee goodies

Terms and conditions
> Giveaway open to UK residents over the age of 18 only. 
> One winner will receive the prizes outlined above supplied by Brown Bear Coffee.
> The giveaway ends on 10th July 2014 at 11:59pm.
> Entries using an automated process or software to create bulk entries will be disqualified. 
> The winner will be randomly selected, announced in the Gleam giveaway box and contacted via their provided e-mail address shortly afterwards. Please claim your prize within 4 days of being notified.

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Comments

  3. Those brownies look divine, as they have coffee in them that means they could be good for breakfast, yes?

    I don't function well at all without caffeine first thing in the morning, definitely another member of the zombie camp here!

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  13. I love this – I think it would be perfect for camping. I don't like instant coffee so something like this would be amazing to take camping!

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  21. I'm torn between admiring these beautiful pictures and wanting to lick the screen…. Oh and I'm such a night owl, I can't function in the morning without a cup of coffee or really strong tea!

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  31. First off, GORGEOUS photos! Yay, you did it! I love the overhead shot that shows off the cheesecake's beautiful pattern.
    Secondly, I am not a morning person and secretly dislike the ones who are. 😉

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  44. The food looks so tasty! I am a night owl and my bf is a morning person, coffee is straight on the menu when I wake up.

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  84. Wow…these look…amazing! I don't think I could be trusted to share so it's probably for the best that I don't make this, ha.

    I'm a night owl but I'm starting to become a morning person – I have more energy these days since exercising regularly, which is nice.

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  98. do not really think I am either. My kids have me up early every day but I am never happy about it! Then by the evening I am so tired that I go to bed early

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  99. I'm definately a night owl who struggles to pull her bum out of bed in the morning! Luckily my kids are not getting to the age I don't have to be up….doesn't stop me having a granny nap in the afternoon after work though 🙂

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  142. Morning Person – but that stems from my childhood and having to get up at 5 to ride, muck out and feed the horses before school.

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  226. I always seem to stay up late without meaning to, meaning i'm usually not a morning person at all. But here I am, at 6.56am, entering this competition before work, haha! I hope its worth it…. 🙂

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  232. I am going to try to make the brownies in the recipe that you have provided. They look mouth watering 😀

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  253. I keep eyeing up this recipe and am so tempted. I love making chocolate and raspberry brownies so i think i need to shake things up and give these a go. Must send you a snap when i make them!

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