Recipe #275
In my household, we love eating nuts. However, some people (read: my husband) are just plain silly because even though he will eat nuts by the handful he hates nuts in desserts. This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, Carmel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake, has nuts right there in its name. Because I didn’t want a mini-revolt, I made mini-cupcakes: 1/2 with peanuts and 1/2 without peanuts. 😛 I also made a cake using my mini-springform pan because I had left over batter.
Nuts!!!
No nuts for silly people
Tammy of wee treats by tammy chose this recipe. You can find the recipe on her blog. I liked the brownie cake itself b/c it wasn’t dense or overly sweet. I probably could have carmelized the sugar a bit longer, but overall it worked with the cake.
Pink Stripes 
Your minis look delicious! And your caramel yummy. Come over to my blog and see the disaster mine was! But I will try again.
I love your little cupcakes with the caramel. They look like they should be in a bakery display case. Yum!
Your little cuppy cakes look great! I’m always leaving nuts out of portions of things for my husband too. Silly picky people 🙂
Yum! I love that you did some without nuts! What a great idea! 🙂
So funny, our men and their quirky eating habits. And what we will do to accomodate them! Personally, I find that if I like the maxi version of something then I will LOVE the mini version! Yours are adorable — love the cupcakes, and the mini cake is gorgeous too!
OMG! Those look delicious!
I love your little cakes! They’re so cute!!!
Clever way to please everyone (read: your husband!) They look tasty–better with the peanuts though–they were half the dessert! 😉 Thanks for stopping by my blog!
What a great way to do the cake recipe! They look divine 🙂
Ooh your caramel looks SO good. It looks like a NutRoll- those candy bars!
I love the mini cakes–so dainty and delicious!
You can never go wrong with minis- they look great!
Oh, these are so cute! Great idea.
Love the mini cupcake version. The pool of caramel in the center is my kind of topping! Yum!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
Oh I love the mini cupcakes. They are absolutely adorable!
I’m doing this recipe in cupcakes next time! I loved the texture of the cake. Moist and delish! Great photos! and you’re right – picky husbands are dorks! 😉
Cupcakes. Now why didn’t I think of that. Or the mini springform. Looks yummy!!!
My kids are with your husband on the nuts. I love the cupcakes!
Very neat minis. They look delicious!
your cakes look great – like lovely little tarts!
Awww, I love the mini cakes! They look so good. Hope you saved me one! 😉
I love the minis! And I want a little springform pan like yours–the smallest one I have is a 7-inch.
Those are adorable! I love the itty bitty muffin cakes. 🙂
I love the little pools of caramel on the cupcakes, yum! 🙂
I think minis were a great way to go! They are so cute and yum.
No dessert nut hubby is silly indeed, he does not know what he is missing.
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Love your minis!
No nuts, eh — husbands are strange sometime. The crunch of the nuts added so much to this dessert!
Then again, husbands probably think we are strange too. I know mine does!
Gracious! I do love your mini cakes and the color of your caramel sauce looks terrific! I bet it tasted great!
I was going to make it as cupcakes rather than full size, but my husband — not wanting to give up the leftovers! — talked me out of it. Yours are adorable!
I love your mini versions!!
Wow, those cakes look delicious!
Those look really easy to eat and they look delicious!
Cherie
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I have to side with your husband on this one, the minis with caramel only would be my first choice. 🙂
Oh the mini ones would be dangerous…I could eat a lot of those.
I put the nuts (chopped macadamias) only in the center so the nut-haters could push them off. My caramel was pretty dark so mine tasted like a Heath bar. Your minis look adorable. I agree: the cake was a nice consistency, and could be a versatile recipe.