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Brownie butter cake - thick brownie and rich butter cake combined into one decadent and to-die-for cake! Bake the brownie first and then the butter cake.
I am so happy that my contributor CP Choong is back with more sinfully delicious baking recipes.
In this post, she is sharing an utterly gorgeous, rich, buttery, and decadent Brownie Butter Cake recipe, adapted from Kevin Chai’s “I love Butter Cake Too 2” cookbook.
CP Choong and I went to high school together, but we didn’t know each other when we were in high school.
Our high school is the most famous Chinese girls school in Penang, attended by hundreds of students in each grade.
Fast forward to present time, CP and I finally met, through a mutual good friend, when I was back in Penang earlier this year.
I am just so happy that she is now my contributor and I can share her wonderful baking recipes with you.
She is an excellent baker and also a very talented photographer.
I absolutely love her food photography and her baked goods are truly top-notch.
If you read this blog, you will know that I love butter cake and my family really enjoys butter cake with coffee.
So, you can clearly see why I am partial to this brownie butter cake—it’s butter cake, but better, because there is brownie at the bottom of the butter cake.
Just look at the photos, I am sure you can smell the buttery and rich chocolate aroma from the screen.
Put simply, this brownie butter cake is simply brilliant and irresistible.
This recipe calls for double baking: first, you bake the brownie, and then the butter cake that goes on top.
However, the time invested is well worth it when you sink your teeth into the rich, buttery, warm, chocolate-y brownie butter cake.
Enjoy!
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This recipe is only 355 calories per serving.
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Brownie Butter Cake
Ingredients
Brownie:
- 140 g (5 oz) dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter
- 50 g (1¾ oz) brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 35 g (1¼ oz) all-purpose flour
Butter cake:
- 120 g (4 oz) unsalted butter
- 100 g (3½ oz) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 120 g (4 oz) all-purpose flour
- 2 g (0.07 oz) baking powder
- 50 ml fresh milk
Instructions
- Grease and line a 10cm x 20cm (4×8-inch) loaf pan with aluminum foil. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- To make the brownie, melt the chocolate and butter over low heat. Remove from heat and let it cool slightly. Stir in the brown sugar until well blended.
- Add the egg and mix well. Fold in the flour and combine until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- To make the butter cake, beat the butter with sugar until creamy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Fold in the sifted flour and baking powder, alternating with the fresh milk, and mix until the batter is smooth and well combined.
- Spread the butter cake batter over the brownie layer. Bake in the oven at 160°C (320°F) for 25-30 minutes or until fully cooked. Insert a cake tester into the center to check for doneness.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi! Thanks for the recipe. I’ve just baked it, meant for the kids’ weekly lunch pack.. But half of it is gone by now! That means the kids and my parents (who are pretty picky eaters) love it! I, on the other hand, am in love with the butter cake. Do you think if I double the ingredients for the butter cake, it could turn up well too (just the butter cake, minus the brownie)?
Yasmin, for the butter cake, you can use my recipe here: https://www.666630.xyz/recipe-butter-cake/
Hello,
Is it ok to replace the dark choc with cocoa powder?
Done baking :) Thank you for the recipe! If i want to store it, to be presented in 2 days, do i keep it out, or chill it in the fridge?
I’m planning on doubling the recipe for an 8×8 pan. Hope it works!
I am drooling over the combination and look of this cake. I am gonna try this soon and post on my blog with due credit to you and your hardwork ….
can you please let me know if the brownie mixture has to cook completely before adding the butter cake mixture
Hi Bee, I have just baked this cake. Just wondering why the top part of my cake is not brownish like yours? Mine is yellowish top and no crack. I checked the cake and is cooked. I noticed the cake was sweating on the top part when I took it out from the oven, and then it dried off quickly, is this due to using aluminum foil to bake?
Hi Shun, maybe, I am not sure. You might need to bake longer to get the top browned, even though it’s cooked you can baked slightly longer to get to the coor you like.
I too was super excited to make this. However, I too had pale results. I think it is the low baking temp. Most of the pound cake (butter cakes) that I have made are baked at 350F.
I would suggest baking at a higher temp to achieve the browning and then reduce the heat. Otherwise just leaving it at 350F.
Curious to see how this tastes!
Hi Bee,
Thanks for the wonderful recipe.Just baked ’em yesterday,and it came out purrrrfecccttt.My hubby and daughter just loved it.Perfect for a snowy day.
Can you please let me know if the mentioned oven temperature is for FAN or normal oven. My oven is fan assisted so i reduced the temperature by about 10 degrees. Hoping it will turn out good. Thanks.
I am wondering about the chocolate used. I have unsweetened chocolate in my pantry. Is that what you used?
Thanks!
The best is dark chocolate so you’re OK. However you can also use sweetened chocolate.