Brownie Nut Cake With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Food

BROWNIE NUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 8- or 9-inch square pan. In large bowl, measure all Cake ingredients. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and dash of salt; add 2 oz chocolate. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until frosting is smooth and spreadable. If necessary, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time.
• Once cake is completely cool, frost and serve.

CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE BROWNIE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake, heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bottom and side of 2 round pans, 9x1 1/2 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.
• Heat water, butter, shortening and cocoa in 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth; remove from heat.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Beat in cocoa mixture with electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth.
• Beat in sour cream, eggs and vanilla until smooth.
• Pour into pans.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• For cream cheese filling, beat butter and cream cheese in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy.
• Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla on low speed until smooth.
• When cake is cooled completely, fill layers with cream cheese filling.
• For chocolate frosting, beat butter in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in remaining ingredients on low speed until smooth.
• Frost side and top of cake with chocolate frosting.
• Press walnuts on side of cake, if using.
• Store cake covered in refrigerator.

DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Bring the milk and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add the granulated sugar, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Add the cocoa powder and vanilla and beat at medium speed for 1 minute. Reduce the speed to medium-low and add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition.
• Reduce the mixer to low and beat in the flour mixture in four additions. Carefully pour the hot milk mixture into the batter. Stir using a rubber spatula until smooth. Evenly divide the batter between the prepared pans and lightly tap the pans on the counter.
• Bake until the cakes begin to pull away from sides of the pans and the centers spring back when pressed gently, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto the rack and cool completely. Peel the parchment from the bottoms.
• Beat the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt. Gradually increase the mixer speed to medium-high and beat until the frosting is fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes. With the mixer running on medium-high speed, slowly pour in the heavy cream until it is fully incorporated. Continue beating until the frosting is slightly lighter in color and creamy, about 1 minute more.
• Put one cake round on a serving plate; spread about one-third of the frosting over the top, going to the edge of the cake. Place the second cake round on top. Frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting.
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CHOCOLATE-CHERRY BROWNIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in melted chocolate and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with cream, beating well after each addition., Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs (do not overbake). Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., Drain cherries, reserving 3 tablespoons juice for frosting; pat cherries dry with paper towels. In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip cherries in chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add melted chocolate and extracts. Beat in confectioners' sugar alternately with reserved cherry juice, adding enough confectioners' sugar to reach desired consistency; beat until smooth. Frost cake. Serve with chocolate cherries.

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Set oven rack in lower middle position; preheat to 325°F.
• Spray 9 X 13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Press 18x12-inch sheet aluminum foil over bottom and up long sides of pan, leaving overhang on each long side. (This helps to lift the brownies out of the pan with ease).
• Spray foil with nonstick spray.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.
• Stir both chocolates and 10 tablespoons butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and smooth; remove from heat.
• Whisk sugar and vanilla, then eggs into chocolate mixture.
• Whisk until glossy and smooth, about 1 minute.
• Add dry ingredients and whisk just to blend.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until tester inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs attached, about 22-24 minutes.
• Cool completely in pan on rack.
• Using electric mixer, beat room temperature cream cheese and next 3 ingredients in medium bowl until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese frosting over brownies.
• Sprinkle nuts or coconut over.
• DO AHEAD Chocolate brownies can be made 1 day ahead.
• Cover and chill.
• Using foil overhang for handles, remove brownies from pan.
• Cut into 18 squares; serve cold or at room temperature.
• **Cook time does not include cooling completely after baking or chilling in refrigerator before cutting and serving.

CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Lightly grease a square 8X8-inch pan.
• To make the cream cheese layer, put the cream cheese in a mixer bowl and mix with the paddle attachment until it's smooth.
• Add the rest of the cream cheese layer ingredients, beating well and scraping down and of the batter that dares try to escape up the sides of the bowl.
• To make the brownie layer, melt the butter and the chocolate together until smoothly melted.
• Put aside and let come to room temperature.
• Be patient, it's worth it.
• In a separate bowl from the cream cheese mixture, mix the eggs and the sugar until it's thick and a gorgeous lemon color.
• Add the chocolate mixture and mix well until combined.
• Again, scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Add the flour, vanilla, baking powder, salt and the chocolate chips, mix well until combined.
• Pour half the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan.
• Dollop the cream cheese mixture over that.
• Don't worry if it doesn't cover the chocolate. It won't.
• Add the remaining chocolate mixture.
• Take a knife and gently draw it through the batters, from left to right and from top to bottom, making a checkerboard pattern.
• Don't allow the mixtures to combine, be careful.
• Sprinkle with the nuts.
• Bake in the oven until the sides, but not the tops, begin to brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Don't wait until a tester comes out clean, if you do then you have overbaked and basically murdered the brownies.
• Set aside to cool for about 10 minutes, cut into 12 or 16 brownies, cover and refrigerate.