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Monday, March 17, 2008

Brownie Cake, Brownie Cake, Baker's Man...



Oh no, wait, that's patty cake... Personally, though, I'd really rather have a brownie cake, wouldn't you? ;-)


and when Matt's birthday rolled around (Matt is one of Zach's med school buddies, and one of our most devoted recipe testers), I figured he would rather have a brownie cake too... So I fixed one!


Brownie Cake

3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup plus 1/2 cup light canola margarine, divided
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup light canola margarine
2 cups raw sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp instant coffee granules
1 cup flour
2 cups dark chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips, divided

~ Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line two 8X8 baking pans with aluminum foil, then spray the foil with cooking spray.
~ In a small saucepan over low heat, stir the cocoa powder and 1/4 cup margarine until melted and blended. Set aside to cool a bit.
~ Beat the butter, 1/2 cup margarine, and sugar until fluffy.
~ Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
~ Fold in the vanilla, coffee granules, and flour until just combined.
~ Fold in the cocoa mixture and the dark chocolate chips.
~ Divide the batter between the two prepared pans, and bake for 30 minutes - until the top is just slightly cracked.
~ Let the brownies settle in the pans for 10 minutes. Then, to assemble the cake, remove one layer from a pan, set on the serving tray, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup white chocolate chips. Top with the second layer.
~ Melt the remaining 3/4 cup white chocolate chips (either in the microwave or in a small saucepan over low heat), and pour the melted white chocolate over the top of the cake. The melted chocolate will run down the sides and make a dramatic glaze...

8 comments:

  1. Yah...I would rather have a brownie cake too...although potato cakes would be up there for me:D

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  2. This is seriously decadent! I've no doubt you were popular the day you made this cake.

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  3. Oh yes, I'd much rather have brownie cake! (Especially considering I don't know what a patty cake is!)

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  4. I'm with you - brownie cake is much more fun than patty cake!

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  5. Mmmhhhhh...Your brownie looks absolutely scrumptious!!

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  6. Valli, are patty cakes really potato cakes? If so, then I definitely would like some of those too... :-)

    Lisa, thank you! Suffice to say no one complained while I was baking... ;-)

    ChocolateCoveredVegan, I've never known what patty cake was either! :-)

    Cakelaw, I'm glad you agree... Three cheers for brownies!

    Anya, thank you so much! :-)

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  7. A brownie cakes sounds really good.

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