Work catering #32: Fusion baking! Chocolate chip cookie + Cheesecake = Cheesecake chocolate chip cookie slice!

Here's a simple maths equation for you.
Chocolate chip cookies + Cheesecake = ????

It's simple! Cheesecake Chocolate chip cookie slice =D One of the best inventions ever ^___^" Fusion of two delicious sweets!!! The cheesecake layer is supposed to be sandwiched in between the two layers of chocolate chip cookie but I think my ratios were a bit odd.. Still delicious though :D

Cheesecake Chocolate chip cookie Slice
Recipe adapted from Choc Chip Uru of GoBakeYourself

Ingredients

Cookie
1 cup (225g) butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbs milk
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
2 cups plain flour
1 cup chocolate chips

Cheesecake
250g cream cheese, softened at room temperature
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 170oC. Grease and line 20x30cm baking tray with baking paper.
2. Melt butter in saucepan and stir in sugar and essence. Initially it will stay separated but keep mixing until combined and there is no more floating butter. Allow to cool.
3. Beat in egg and milk.
4. Stir through the flour, salt and baking powder until just combined. Fold through chocolate chips.
5. Spread half of the batter into the base of prepared pan into a even layer. Refrigerate this layer and remaining dough until needed.
6. Beat cream cheese and caster sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla essence until mixture is smooth.
7. Pour mixture over the top of cookie layer.
8. Make flat disks with remaining cookie dough with your hand and gently press on top of cheesecake batter. not all the batter must be and won't be covered but try your best ^^
9. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely to room temperature then refrigerate. Cut into squares and serve!

Looks like mishaped cookies XD

Cheesecake choc chip cookie squares!

weird colour....

Also with the warmer weather last week I decided to bake something summery. Haven't baked a bundt cake in a while so time to get out the bundt tin for this cake!

Mixed berry bundt cake
Recipe adapted from The way the cookie crumbles

Ingredients

Cake
2½ cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp salt
1¾ cups caster sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
¾ cup buttermilk, room temperature (I didn't have any so used thickened cream instead)

2 cups mixed berries, frozen or fresh

Glaze
1½ cups icing sugar
juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, very soft

Dripping glaze....

1. Preheat oven to 180oC and grease bundt tin.

2. Beat the butter, lemon zest, salt, and sugar with electric mixer until light and creamy.
3, Beat in eggs one at a time until incorporated. Add vanilla.
4. Fold in flour, baking powder and buttermilk (or cream) alternately, mixing just until incorporated.
5. Carefully fold in the berries and mix until combined. Transfer batter to prepared bundt tin smoothing the top.
6. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

7. For the glaze, combine sugar, lemon juice and butter in small bowl. Whisk until smooth. Remove cake from oven and spoon oven cooled cake.

love the pop of the berries =D