Original Post: manilaspoon.com By: Manila Spoon April 18, 2015
Yield: 16 Squares | Prep Time: 15 Minutes | Cooking Time: 40 Minutes | Total Time: 55 Minutes
Matcha Green Tea provides a lovely contrast of flavors and colors in this delicious and fudgy brownies. One slice won’t be enough!
Ingredients
For Green Tea Cream Cheese Batter
- 4 oz (1/2 a block) Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose Flour
- 1 Egg, room temperature
- 3 Tablespoons heavy or double Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Green Tea powder (Matcha)
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
For Brownie Batter
- 4 oz Dark Chocolate (at least 60%)
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 1/3 cup all purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease an 8 x 8 square pan or line with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer with paddle attachment beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth (no more lumps appear). Be patient with this. Beat in the egg. Add the heavy cream and vanilla extract. Sift the green tea, flour and baking powder into the batter and mix until combined. Set aside.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a pan over very low heat. Stir to combine; remove from the heat. Cool for 1 minute. In a bowl, mix the chocolate with the sugar and eggs. Stir in the flour and salt until combined.
- Alternately spoon the brownie batter and the green tea batter in the prepared pan. It should look like a chess board or checker board with alternating colors. Don’t worry if they overlap as long as both batters are spread out evenly. Alternatively, spoon the brownie batter into the pan and simply spread the green tea batter on top. Using a butter knife, gently make a swirling pattern to create a marbled effect. Don’t swirl too much so the two batters don’t totally blend.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until it springs back slightly when touched. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares. Enjoy!
