"Reg" > wrote in message
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> Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
>
>> That sounds lovely. Recipe perhaps? I am in the process of making cold
>> oven pound cake to follow our roast for dinner.
>
> Here are my rather abbreviated notes. Hopefully it's clear
> enough. Let me know if it's not.

Excellent Thank You! Next Thursday is The Littlest Prince's 7th birthday. I
think I will make this for the "adults" along with his birthday cupcakes.

Cindi

>
> In today's version I also added 1 C white chocolate chips.
>
> Chocolate Brownie Puddle Cake
> (Brownie with ganache puddles)
> From "Pie and Pastry Bible"
>
> Cake:
>
> 1 C toasted pecans
> 14 T butter
> 3 oz bittersweet chocolate
> 1/2 C + 2 t cocoa powder
> 1 C + 3 T sugar
> 3 eggs
> 2 t vanilla extract
> 3 oz cream cheese
> 1/2 C AP flour
> pinch salt
>
> Ganache:
>
> 2 oz bittersweet chocolate
> 1/3 C heavy cream
>
> Can use a 9 1/2 inch tart pan or an 8x8 inch
> brownie pan.
>
> Preheat oven to 325 F
>
> Melt the chocolate and butter, then mix in the cocoa and
> the sugar. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the cream cheese,
> beating until only small bits remain. Add the salt and flour
> and mix just until the flour is moistened. Add the nuts.
>
> Fill pan and bake until set, about 30-35 minutes. A toothpick
> inserted one inch from the border should come out clean.
>
> Before it cools completely, use the handle of a wooden spoon
> to make holes in the cake at roughly 1 inch intervals.
>
> Using a squeeze bottle, fill each hole in the cake with
> ganache. You might want to let it settle a bit then top
> them off again.
>
> --
> Reg
>