Review Cheesecake Swirl Brownie Cake KIS

[KarenH]

I made this last night, and I am sorry to say that it did not work for me at all 
I used the right sized tin and amounts of ingredients as written.  I cooked it for an extra 10 minutes because I thought it wasn't quite cooked in the middle.
The top of the cake looked fantastic, but when I cut it up this morning (after being in the fridge overnight), only the top 1/3 of the cake was cooked, and around the edges.  The bottom 2/3 of the cake was almost completely uncooked.  Really disappointed. 

I don't know how to salvage it either.  Don't want to waste all those ingredients, but not sure what to do with it.  It is all cut up now, and if I put it back in the oven, the cooked bits will dry out.

Any suggestions 

[judydawn]

Could you steam serves in ramekins to reheat/cook more and serve with custard as a pudding Karen?

Hopefully Tenina will have the answer for this one.

[Halex]

Karen, what a disappointment, I dont know where it went wrong. Mine was cooked perfectly.

I would be looking at turning it into a pudding & serving with chocolate sauce or vanilla ice cream.

[KarenH]

Thanks Judy and Hally, puddings are a good idea. 

The boys will be happy - these brownies were destined to be given to other people today.  Now that they are a "failure", they stay at home 

[Katiej]

I made this the day before Xmas to have when my family came over on Xmas Eve.

Unfortunately mine went a similar way to Karen's. I cooked it for 20 minutes longer than the recipe stated, but it was sticky and gooey inside (& not in a good way!). We ate it and it tasted lovely, but it wasn't cooked properly.

I'm not sure if Karen used her steam oven? I just cooked it in the tray of boiling water as per the recipe. I think it might have been better to just cook it normally in the oven without the water bath.

[KarenH]

No Katie - I didn't use my steam oven - I just used the normal oven in a water bath as suggested.
To salvage the recipe, I put everything into a glass bowl (both cooked and uncooked bits), mushed it all together with a fork and steamed it, then served it with custard.  It tasted fine, but the texture left a lot to be desired.

[Halex]

Katie, yours is very white compared to mine. I swirled through but it really stayed on the top. I wonder if that made a difference, mine was more cake mixture underneath. My oven is very hot & I always cook on ff.


Did you do the dry test before taking it out of the oven?

 

[judydawn]

Well at least with 2 failures out of 3, you know it isn't just you Katie & Karen.

You could be right Katie, just cook it as a normal brownie without the steam.  Maybe Tenina will pop on and respond to this one, it is a puzzle.

[Katiej]

I did a test Hally and it seemed cooked and after 20 minutes extra cooking time, I felt I had to take it out of the oven but I wasn't confident it was right.

I swirled the cheesecake on top all around the middle and sides, but it seems to have sunk into the middle - so I've got mainly brown outside bits and a white cheesecake middle.  It wasn't wasted as we still ate it and it was nice.

[Halex]

Funny how 2 different people cook the same recipe & the look is very different. I  am going to make it again soon.

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[KarenH]

Mine looked different again - I did what the recipe said and "scooped" the choc layer from the bottom up to the top, then swirled it around on the top to create a pattern.  I still ended up with mostly chocolate on the bottom layer and a mix of the white a brown on the top layer.  However, it was both the white and the brown that weren't cooked for me.  I couldn't have cooked mine any longer, otherwise the top and the edges would have been overcooked and dried out.  It made quite a thick brownie - I was thinking that a larger dish would have spread out the mixture more and made it not so thick, and cooked better.

I must say, I usually make Amanda's brownies from this forum, and have never had any problems, so I doubt that I will try this recipe again 

[Halex]

I used a square brownie tin 23cmsx23cms.

What sizes did you guys use?

[Katiej]

I used a 20 x 30 cm tin as the recipe said.
Although looking at Tenina's picture hers looks square and not rectangle though.

Did you put yours into the tray of water?

[Halex]

No i wasnt really sure which way to go.

In the water, water underneath or using the steam selection on my oven. I ended up using the water underneat on the floor of the oven.

[Katiej]

I put mine into the water bath (like a bain marie). I think that's what Karen did and I think that was why ours didn't cook through!

I read the recipe literally - place cake tin into baking dish of water (which was on the bottom shelf of the oven as per the previous instructions). 

If I made it again, I'd have it up higher in the oven and not in the tray of water.  I might just make it again one day, as I'd like to make it properly