Peanut Butter Frosted Cake Brownies

Good Morning Peeps!

I had a free few minutes at work and I thought 'Hey! Why not post a recipe as you have not posted once in the last few hundred years? Now how about that!'

And I went back to my folder of 'Recipes to Post'. Yes, I have such a thing and it is full to the brim. Clearly goes to show how often I post things. I am such a terrible blogger. But according to my 'Goals For January' I'm much more motivated to have new posts coming in through the month!

So this one is for all you Peanut Butter lovers. I am particularly against Peanut Butter. I used to love it when I was younger but for some reason over the last two years I have started feeling very nauseous for the smell of peanut butter. And so I have great hesitations using it for baking because most of the time I can never truly enjoy it. But it was our Youth Christmas Party in Finland and I felt like I needed to make something different. And thus, the Peanut Frosted Cake Brownies. And irregardless of my distaste for Peanut Butter...these turned out great!

Ingredients

For the Cake Brownie:

¼ cup of Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
100 g of Chocolate, melted either in a microwave or over a double boiler
¾ cups of Sugar
1 Tbs sour cream
2 Eggs
2 Tsp of Vanilla Extract
1 Tsp of Instant Coffee Powder
3 Tbsp of Whole Milk, lukewarm
1/2 cup of All Purpose Flour
½ tsp of Baking Powder
¼ tsp of Salt

For the Peanut Butter Frosting:

113g butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup confectioner's sugar
3 Tbsp milk (or as needed)

 Instructions

For the Cake Brownie:

1. Preheat your oven to 175C/ 350F, lay the bottom of an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. 

 2. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, instant cofee powder, salt and baking powder and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar and sour cream.

4. Add the eggs, vanilla and milk and mix together well.

5. Add the melted chocolate and beat until the mixture is thick and creamy.
 
6. Add the dry ingredients and mix them in until they are well blended.
 
7. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake it for 30 minutes.

8. Cool completely before cutting.  

For the Peanut Butter Frosting:

1. Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. 

2. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. 

3. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.

And then you can frost it however you please! I decided to add a little wintery decor to match the snowstorm outside. Also, it's worth mentioning that these brownies are super nice because they are sort of cakey and sort of brownie - for those that like a little bit of everything ;)

Hope you have fun trying these out, because I tell you, from someone who does not like Peanut Butter...I LOVED these!

Have a blessed day,
K