Black Bottom Squares

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• 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 vinegar
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 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.