Black Bottom Squares

• TOPPING
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• BASE
• 10 ounces flour
• 8 3/4 ounces sugar
• 2 ounces unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 ounces vegetable oil (canola)
• 1/2 ounce white vinegar
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1. Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and preheat oven to 350.
2. Topping: Mix cream cheese, sugar and salt in a mixer with paddle attachment.
3. Add egg and beat until fluffy.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Remove to a bowl and clean mixer.
6. Base: Sift dry ingredients together and put in mixer bowl.
7. Mix liquid ingredients together, add to mixer and beat until fully incorporated.
8. Assembly: spread base into cake pan until level.
9. Drop teaspoonsfull of topping uniformly over base.
10. Swirl topping into base with a knife.
11. Bake about 20-30 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
12. When testing doneness, make sure you test in a place where there are no chocolate chips.
13. Cool and cut into squares.

topping, cream cheese, egg, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, base, flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt, vegetable oil, white vinegar, water, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/black-bottom-squares-51015 (may not work)