Cream Cheese Brownies

Mark Bittman lured me in with the promise "the richest, densest, most luxurious brownies I know - sort of like very heavy chocolate cheesecake." Well... I guess. I'm not going to type out this recipe exactly as given because it was sort of ridiculous, three separate bowls etc etc etc BUT I will give you an approximation, in case you want a pile of your own. What came out sort of looked like throw-up, took on the form of a pile and tasted pretty good (only while warm - Kate sez: "If you  had the dedication to eat the whole thing right after it came out of the oven, that would probably be the best way to do it"). Not a failure, not quite a "success", but definitely chocolate.

 Ingredients:
  4 oz. chocolate (i used chocolate chips, just use as many as feels right)
5 tbs. unsalted butter
4 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup, plus 1 tbs flour (THIS is how you know a recipe is going to be a pain, when the ingredients start to get their amounts separated)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (it's always good to have hard bits in your pile)

1. Melt the chocolate and 3 tbs of the butter:

2. Cream the remaining butter (2 tbs) and the cream cheese with 1/4 cup of the sugar. Beat in an egg, add the TBS of flour, the lemon juice and 1/2 tsp of the vanilla. (PRO TIP: This is how you know a recipe is screwing you over. This is the FIRST OF THREE BOWLS, also almost all the ingredients go in in two parts).
3. IN A SEPARATE BOWL (FUCK YOU MARK BITTMAN) use an electric mixer (SIKE) to beat the other two eggs until thick, add the remaining sugar, beat until very thick.
4. IN A SEPARATE BOWL mix the baking powder, salt and remaining (1 cup) flour. Gently stir in the egg mixture, add the chocolate, nuts, remaining vanilla.

5. Spread half the chocolate mixture in a greased baking pan (9 inch square, if ya fancy). Add the cream cheese mixture. Add the rest of the chocolate mixture. Attempt to swirl this nicely, get something that looks more like vomit (see photo before jump).

7. cook it ( or whatever.)... 350 for 25-30 mins
admire the monster you have created, decide this is what giving birth must feel like and eat the baby.