Black Bottom Squares

16 ingredients
13 steps

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

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