Red Velvet Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time:
15 mins

Cook Time:
30 mins

Total Time:
45 mins

Servings:
9

Yield:
9 brownies

Ingredients

Red Velvet Layer:

1cupwhite sugar
• ½cupunsalted butter, melted
• 1teaspoonvanilla extract
• ¼cupcocoa powder
• 1pinchsalt
• 1tablespoonred food coloring
• 1teaspooncider vinegar
• 2eggs, lightly beaten
• ¾cupall-purpose flour

Cream Cheese Layer:

1(8 ounce) packagecream cheese, softened
• ¼cupwhite sugar
• 1egg
• ½teaspoonvanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×8 baking dish with 1 teaspoon butter.

Whisk 1 cup sugar and melted butter together in a bowl. Add vanilla, cocoa powder, salt, food coloring, vinegar, and eggs to sugar mixture, blending well after each addition.

Stir flour into sugar mixture until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared baking dish, reserving 1/3 cup batter for cream cheese layer.

Blend cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Spread cream cheese mixture over brownie batter in the prepared baking dish. Pour reserved 1/3 cup brownie batter in 2 rows over cream cheese layer. Pull a knife through the batter rows into cream cheese layer to form swirls.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely before slicing.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)