Indulgence

[nlbarber]

Today is sister-in-law's birthday--she has the joyous coincidence (not) of sharing her birthday with Tax Day, most years. I got the kids over here this afternoon, and we made a birthday dessert: Rose Levy Beranbaum's Brownie Puddle.

It's a brownie, yes, with Dutch-process cocoa AND bittersweet chocolate and cream cheese, light on the flour, and with pecans. Bake in a tart pan. Take it out of the oven and immediately poke holes in it with the handle of a wooden spoon, and fill the holes with bittersweet chocolate ganache. Keep adding ganache until the tart cools enough to not absorb any more.

We served it with a pile of fresh raspberries and a little whipped cream. I am vowing to make 4 Jazzercise classes this week in penance...

Comments

[jfsnyder.livejournal.com]

Oooohhh. YUM! Recipe please? Pretty please? With whipped cream and raspberries on top.

[nlbarber]

Sure, especially as I see it's on Beranbaum's sites The Cake Bible and Real Baking with Rose, so I don't even have to type it out. I used 85% Lindt Excellence chocolate for both the brownie and the ganache, which made it really dark and intense. I suspect 60% chocolate would be pretty good, too.

Brownie Puddle Tart

Isn't the Web wonderful? :)

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

Link bookmarked--they sound fabulous. I'm been meaning to get a copy of The Cake Bible one of these years...really should since cakes are one of my hobbies.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Tell her she shares her birthday with Emma Thompson. That may make her feel better about it.