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Monday, May 20, 2013
Featured Quizzes
Cool Brownie Cake
It's a case of almond joy with this brownie-like cake. The buttery white chocolate frosting, topped with toasted almonds, will drive anyone who gets a whiff of this cake completely nuts.
At a glance
Main Ingredient
Cooking Method
Difficulty
Course/Dish
Makes
1 cake
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup toasted almonds, chopped
- FROSTING
- 1/4 lb. white chocolate
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- GARNISH
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Almonds, chopped
Methods/steps
- CAKE: Grease 5 cups heart shaped pan; dust with unsweetened cocoa powder and set aside. In bowl, blend together brown sugar, butter and vanilla; add eggs, one at a time, beating well with wooden spoon after each addition.
- Sift together flour, cocoa and salt; add all at once to creamed mixture, mixing just until blended.
- Stir in nuts; spread in prepared pan.
- Loosely cover tip of heart with foil to prevent from drying out. Bake in 350xF oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until just barley firm to the touch.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto rack and let cool completely.
- FROSTING: In top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, melt white chocolate with butter. Remove from heat and let cool slightly; stir in sour cream until smooth and blended.
- Refrigerate for 10 minutes; spread smoothly over sides then top of cooled cake. GARNISH: Sprinkle cocoa in attractive pattern on top of cake. Arrange almonds around top edge.
Additional Tips
Ready in 1¼ hour
