Brownie Cheesecake: A Pastry Chef’s Guide to Upgrading a Box Mix the Right Way

Cheesecake brownies

Cheesecake brownies are one of the easiest hybrid desserts to build well precisely because you don’t need a from-scratch brownie recipe to get there — a good box mix, handled correctly, gets you most of the way. The real skill isn’t in the brownie batter itself; it’s in knowing how much cream cheese to introduce, … Read more

The Best Brownie Cheesecake: 3 Pastry Chef Secrets

Brownie Cheesecake

Brownie cheesecake works on a simple premise: fudgy, dense brownie on the bottom, tangy cream cheese filling on top, sometimes swirled together for a marbled effect. It’s one of the more forgiving hybrid desserts to make at home, largely because you can build it from a box brownie mix without sacrificing much quality — which … Read more