Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

    It's Valentine's week! I found a little something festive to make for the kids this week at youth group. They're so good! Moist, cake-like brownies swirled with cheesecake. You really can't go wrong.

Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

Ingredients:

- 1 box of red velvet cake mix

- 1/2 cup (1 stick) of melted butter

- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil

- 3 eggs

- 1 (8 ounce) package of softened cream cheese

- 1/3 cup of sugar

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, melted butter, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs. Once combined, set aside 1/3 cup of the batter and mix with 2 tablespoons of water. Spread the rest into the bottom of a greased 9x9 baking pan and set aside. In another bowl, cream together the softened cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg, and vanilla. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the batter in the baking pan. Spoon the thinned out batter on top of the cream cheese mixture and swirl together with a butter knife. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.