Brownie Cheesecake for Two

Now my famous low carb Brownie Cheesecake comes in miniature! A perfect keto grain-free dessert for two.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Dessert

Keyword mini brownie cheesecake

Prep Time 12

Cook Time 10

Total Time 22

Servings servings as an app

Calories 329kcal

Ingredients

Brownie Base

1 ½ tablespoon butter
1 ½ tablespoon cocoa powder
1 ½ tablespoon almond flour
1 ½ tablespoon powdered Swerve Sweetener
1 large egg divided (this will be split between the crust and the filling)
⅛ teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon chopped pecans or walnuts optional

Cheesecake:

3 ounces cream cheese softened
1 ½ tablespoon Swerve Sweetener
1 tablespoon full fat sour cream
⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract

Cheater's Chocolate Ganache (optional):

½ ounce sugar-free dark chocolate chopped
½ tablespoon butter or peanut butter, that's good too!

Instructions

Brownie Base

Preheat oven to 325F and grease a 4-inch mini cheesecake pan. Wrap bottom outside of pan in foil to avoid leakage.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter. Whisk in cocoa powder, almond flour, and sweetener until smooth.
In a glass measuring cup, whisk egg until lightly beaten, then add about HALF of the egg to the bowl (reserve remaining egg for filling mixture). Add vanilla extract and whisk until well combined. Stir in chopped nuts.
Spread in prepared mini cheesecake pan and smooth as best you can (I used my fingers). Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set around the sides but not in the center. Remove and let cool while preparing the filling.

Cheesecake Filling

Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese with sweetener until well combined. Beat in the remaining egg from the crust, the sour cream, and vanilla extract until smooth. Pour over the brownie base and spread to the edges.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until edges are set but filling jiggles just slightly in the center.
Remove and let cool, then refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours. Run a sharp knife around the inside of the pan and release the sides.

Cheater's Chocolate Ganache

In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate together on high in 30 second increments. Stir until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cheesecake just before serving.

Notes

Serves 2. Each serving has 2.51g NET CARBS without the ganache and 4.04g NET CARBS with the ganache.

Without ganache: Food energy: 286kcal Total fat: 24.71g Calories from fat: 222 Cholesterol: 72mg Carbohydrate: 5.57g Total dietary fiber: 2.06g Protein: 6.45g Erythritol: 22.5g

With ganache: Food energy: 339kcal Total fat: 30.04g Calories from fat: 270 Cholesterol: 80mg Carbohydrate: 8.40g Total dietary fiber: 4.36g Protein: 6.84g Erythritol: 22.5g

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