Brownie - recipe 5

These are the Brownie cupcakes the fifth recipe recreated from Cupcakes Galore - the cover of which the Brownie ones are resting on ever so nicely. I like chocolate, quite a lot, I really like chocolate brownie, but am less keen on a nutty brownie, so it was with some trepidation that I followed Wagman's advice and put walnuts in the mixture. But it was a good turn. I enjoyed.

The icing, is "Walnut Fudge Frosting" and I was quite excited, but to make it there are many steps of boiling and cooling and Faffing. I cursed the frosting tat wouldn't cool, got fed up with melting things over bain maries, but in the end it was OK. The goodness of the icing outweighed the faff. The minstrel on top is a personal touch.

Daisy and I took some of these cakes to Rachel's play - with a thermos. There were admiring glances (of the cakes, as well as us). But too much chocolate in the interval meant we got the giggles during the serious drama. Oops!

The Daisy-o-meter reckons the Brownie cupcakes are in the running for best cupcake! Shock! Definitely have the best frosting apparently. (I do like the frosting - quite want a cake just made of frosting.)

Rachel's reaction is probably summed by her inhalation of two after she came off stage and the licking of the spoon when we got home - and a few more cakes. Also shows that the frosting rocked.

I suspect the Moore-Creamer-Payne House will soon be a house of fatty bombatties, never mind!