A chocolate cake with a brownie filling and chocolate ganache? I’m so there. This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays–the newly-formed group baking through the Sweet Melissa Baking Book–selection was the Brooklyn Brownout Cake.
It was fairly straight-forward to make (although the recipe in the book seemed to be missing a step or two), involves a lot of chocolate-melting, and is fairly messy in the assembly process (my hands were covered in chocolate multiple times). Instead of using the 7″ pans called for, I used four 4 ” pans.
The cakes rose beautifully and I was able to split each cake into two layers. I still need to work on my cake decorating skills. I’m on the ‘rustic’ side of cake-decorating.
But who cares how it looks. This cake is the most delicious chocolate cake I’ve ever tasted. It is GOOD. It’s the cake you would make if you wanted someone to fall in love with you. Shoot, I was falling in love with myself as I ate it. Man, there’s magic in it or something.
Thank you to Elyse of Confectionary Creations for selecting this wonderfully delicious cake. Visit her blog for the recipe.
21 Comments
April 12, 2009 at 7:17 am
Beautiful! I made minis too. Very decadent!
April 12, 2009 at 8:06 am
That looks so good! Definitely a contender for my hubby’s birthday cake.
April 12, 2009 at 11:36 am
That looks sooooo good. Must try it!
April 12, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I agree – this is a ridiculously tasty chocolate cake! Perhaps a bit too rich for me, but still amazing. Your minis look awesome.
April 12, 2009 at 5:40 pm
The cake looks absolutely delightful! I think that cakes like this are sort of hard to decorate anyway, ganache gives me fits because it’s so hard to make it fill in the layers. They look super and I’m so glad that they taste even better than they look!
April 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I am so there, too.
April 12, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Yours look great and I’m glad you liked them. It was definitely a fun (and messy) recipe.
April 12, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I think your little cakes look fantastic! I love the nut topping especially.
April 12, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Looks good and your description on how yummy it is sure to win everyone over!
Happy Easter/Passover/ or Spring!
~ingrid
April 12, 2009 at 8:04 pm
This was a delicious and decadent cake, wasn’t it? I can only manage rustic, too, but hey, rustic is inviting! (at least that’s what I tell myself) LOVE your minis.
Nancy
April 12, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Well I didn’t put the whole thing together, but it looks awfully good here! I think the individual components were great on their own.
April 12, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I love the mini cakes and think your decorating is just fine. Glad you liked them, you are quite a baking authority.
April 12, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Your cake looks awesome!! I love the look of the cake made in the smaller pans. I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. I did, too–chocolate overload is totally okay with me! Hope you had a great weekend
April 13, 2009 at 6:22 am
I love your cakes. The walnut topping looks so pretty too. Great job! I was sad I had to miss this one.
April 13, 2009 at 6:41 am
That looks amazing! love a good intense chocolate cake
April 13, 2009 at 9:20 am
I love this cake .. can I have a slice ?
April 13, 2009 at 9:23 am
I like your “rustic” cakes! I’ll have to remember that word next time I try to decorate a cake.
April 13, 2009 at 10:03 am
I love your icing, looks delicious!
Katie xox
April 13, 2009 at 2:33 pm
LOL – I am on the rustic side of cake decorating too. Your cake looks absolutely gorgeous, and I can imagine that the taste matched it.
April 14, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I’m so mad I had such a hard time with this recipe (my oven was PMSing) because yours looks so good. I hope to be back on board with this Sunday’s recipe.
April 15, 2009 at 11:56 am
that looks awesome! i wish i could join the group, as sweet melissa is actually a local bakery that i visit often, but i’d have to invest in a whole new collection of pants!