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.
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.