Black Bottom Squares Recipes

Steps:

• For chocolate base: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving a slight overhang; butter bottom and sides of foil (not overhang).
• Place butter in a large microwave-safe bowl; melt in microwave. Add sugar and salt; whisk to combine. Whisk in egg, then cocoa and flour until smooth. Spread batter in prepared pan.
• Bake just until sides begin to pull away from edges of pan, 10 to 15 minutes (do not overbake). Let cool slightly while preparing coconut topping. Keep oven on for topping.
• For coconut topping: In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with sugar and vanilla. Gently mix in flour and coconut (except 1/2 cup reserved for sprinkling).
• Drop mounds of mixture over chocolate base; spread and pat in gently and evenly with moistened fingers. Sprinkle with reserved 1/2 cup coconut.
• Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Lift cake from pan, peel off foil, and cut into 24 bars.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in the bananas. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide batter in half. Add cocoa to half; spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spoon remaining batter on top and, if desired, swirl with a knife to marble batter. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

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

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and vanilla; beat until thoroughly combined.
• Blend in the bananas.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Divide batter in half.
• Add cocoa to half; spread into a greased 13-in x 9-in pan.
• Spoon remaining batter on top and swirl with a knife.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until the bars test done.
• Cool.