With special sauce The origin in Brownie is America. It is made by a hotel owner in Chicago, Bertha Palmer. The recipe was made especially for women. Today a search in the internet can discover over 100.000 brownie recipes. Place of birth: USA
Origin of the cheesecake is ancient Greece. Though modern cheesecake was created by an American, William Lawrence, who was trying to make a new type od cheese, but ended up making a cake.