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    Chocolate Brownie Cake with Cream

    Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

    This chocolate brownie cake with a delicious base is super chocolaty, creamy, and crunchy at the same time. A tempting chocolate cake dream!

    Mix Between Cake and Brownies
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    • Ingredients
    • How to make the Chocolate Brownie Cake
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    • Variations
    • Nutrition

    Chocolate and brownies are good, but a chocolate brownie cake with brownie chocolate is even better! So be prepared for this cake dream.

    Taste and Occasion

    Creamy, crunchy, and fudgy all in one. This brownie cake is super chocolaty. It's guaranteed to please any chocolate fan, whether it's for a birthday coffee or just because you feel like a chocolate overload. Because if you want a chocolatey cake, you have to do it perfectly 😉.

    Chocolate Brownie Cake with Cream

    Ingredients

    I baked a very high brownie cake base for the recipe, which should be nice, compact, and firm. An exceptionally moist, creamy brownie cake would not have lent itself well for dividing horizontally. The bottom cake layer is followed by a thin fruity jam layer, which harmonizes wonderfully with the cocoa. The filling and coating of the brownie cake consist of a ganache, a whipped chocolate cream. The unique feature of this cream is the brownie pieces: They're rather brownie chocolate chips (ahhhh…. my mouth is watering again…).Unfortunately, the sort is no longer available 🙁 but other mixtures fit well, too!

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    I have designed the cake recipe for a little springform pan. But believe me: The pieces do not have to be too large… And because the chocolate is already quite sweet, I have also used just little additional sugar in the brownie cake recipe.

    Great Recipe for Chocoholics

    How to make the Chocolate Brownie Cake

    You begin with preparing the chocolate cream for the filling the night before. Therefore, chop the dark chocolate into small pieces, put it with the vanilla sugar and the cream into a hot water bath, and slowly heat or dissolve it. Finally, stir in the butter. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

    For the cake layers, chop the chocolate and melt it with the butter in a hot water bath the next day. Leave to cool until lukewarm. Then, preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C, grease a small springform pan, and dust with a bit of cocoa. After this, beat eggs with sugar until foamy, and add salt, vanilla, as well as cocoa. Stir in the chocolate butter alternately with the flour. Mix all ingredients briefly but vigorously to form a homogeneous dough. Pour the dough into the pan, smooth it out and bake for about 30 minutes. The cake should not be thoroughly baked/dry but still a little "soggy". Allow the brownie cake to cool, and then slice once horizontally. Set the cake layers aside.

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    Now, remove the chocolate cream from the refrigerator, stir a little, or homogenize with a blender if the chocolate has settled too much. Whip briefly (!) with cream stiffener and fold in the chopped chocolate. Place the bottom cake layer on a cake plate. Spread a thin layer of jam on top. Spread just under half of the chocolate cream on top. Place the second cake layer on top. Spread with the remaining chocolate cream and decorate with a piping bag. Decorate the cake with chopped chocolate or chocolate shavings and refrigerate until ready to enjoy.

    Chocolate Brownie Cake

    Top Tip

    If you like, you can also spread the edges of the cake with chocolate cream. Then use a little less cream for the filling.

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    Recipe Card

    Brownie Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Fruity Layer
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    Chocolate Brownie Cake

    A cake made of brownie bases, chocolate brownie cream, and a ganache topping. A brilliant (birthday) cake for everyone who loves chocolate!
    Prep Time30 mins
    Baking Time30 mins
    Calories: 472kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 small springform pan (7 in / 18 cm)

    Ingredients

    For the brownie cake layers

    • 200 grams (1 cup) dark chocolate, finely chopped
    • 130 grams (⅔ cup) butter
    • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
    • 100 grams (½ cup) sugar
    • 4 eggs, medium
    • 1 pinch salt
    • ¼ teaspoon (⅓ teaspoon) ground vanilla
    • 150 grams (1 ¼ cups) all-purpose flour
    • 50 grams (⅓ cup) chocolate, coarsely chopped

    For the chocolate cream

    • 100 grams (⅔ cup) dark chocolate, finely chopped
    • 300 milliliters (1 ⅓ cups) cream
    • 50 grams (3 ⅔ tablespoons) butter
    • 1 small bag vanilla sugar
    • 1 small bag cream stiffener
    • 70 grams (⅖ cup) chocolate, coarsely chopped

    For the fruit layer and decoration

    • 80 grams (4 tablespoons) jam, coarse; e.g. cherry or apricot
    • 70 grams (⅓ cup) chocolate shavings, or chopped chocolate

    Instructions

    • The night before, prepare the chocolate cream for the filling. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces, put it with the vanilla sugar and the cream into a hot water bath and slowly heat or dissolve it; finally, stir in the butter. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
    • The next day, for the cake layers, chop the chocolate and melt it with the butter in a hot water bath. Leave to cool until lukewarm. Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Grease a small springform pan and dust with a bit of cocoa.
    • Beat eggs with sugar until foamy. Add salt, vanilla, and cocoa. Stir in the chocolate butter alternately with the flour. Mix all ingredients briefly but vigorously to form a homogeneous dough. Pour the dough into the pan, smooth it out and bake for about 30 minutes. The cake should not be thoroughly baked/dry but still a little "soggy". Allow the brownie cake to cool, and then slice once horizontally. Set the cake layers aside.
    • Remove the chocolate cream from the refrigerator and stir a little or homogenize with a blender if the chocolate has settled too much. Whip briefly (!) with cream stiffener and fold in the chopped chocolate.
    • Place the bottom cake layer on a cake plate. Spread a thin layer of jam on top. Spread just under half of the chocolate cream on top. Place the second cake layer on top. Spread with the remaining chocolate cream and decorate with a piping bag. Decorate the cake with chopped chocolate or chocolate shavings and refrigerate until ready to enjoy.

    Notes

    • The cake layers are pretty compact and firm, as typical for brownies. It is, therefore, easier to cut the cake into pieces if you cut the top cake layer into pieces before placing it on top.

    Ingredient substitutions

    Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

    Variations

    By the way, the chocolate brownie cake is not only a fabulous birthday cake. But also just suitable for many other occasions. For example, Saturday afternoons are made for a delicious brownie cake… Since the brownie chocolate, as I said, is unfortunately no longer available, take instead, for example, cocoa mousse, nougat, or dark bittersweet varieties. On this blog, you will find many more chocolatey recipes. And fruity ones. Or recipes with nuts. Have a look at my cake and my brownie category!

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chocolate Brownie Cake
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 472 Calories from Fat 306
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 34g52%
    Saturated Fat 20g125%
    Trans Fat 0.4g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 9g
    Cholesterol 100mg33%
    Sodium 122mg5%
    Potassium 280mg8%
    Carbohydrates 39g13%
    Fiber 4g17%
    Sugar 22g24%
    Protein 6g12%
    Vitamin A 717IU14%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Calcium 49mg5%
    Iron 4mg22%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    This chocolate brownie cake with a delicious base is super chocolaty, creamy, and crunchy at the same time. A tempting chocolate cake dream!This chocolate brownie cake with a delicious base is super chocolaty, creamy, and crunchy at the same time. A tempting chocolate cake dream!This chocolate brownie cake with a delicious base is super chocolaty, creamy, and crunchy at the same time. A tempting chocolate cake dream!

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