Thursday, September 23, 2010

brownie torte goodness

sometimes, it's not possible to have enough chocolate smooshed together into a single dessert. so here's what you do ...

bake a boxed brownie mix in a round pan (i used my spring form, but a parchment-papered cake pan should work, too). while the brownies are cooling, mix together some cream cheese, powdered sugar and cool whip. spoon this filling into a pastry bag & refrigerate until ready to use. chop up some fresh strawberries and cover in sugar to juice.

after the brownies are cool, slice in half (so you have two rounds) and then cut each round into eighths. next, layer the goodness. put a brownie wedge onto your plate and pipe a wall of the filling around the edges. spoon a few strawberry pieces inside the wall. repeat with two more layers, then top with a final piece of brownie. pour slightly cooled ganache over the top (oh yeah, you need to make some ganache.) and sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top. pipe some filling along the top edge and get something that looks like this:

take a photo to make your friends drool, and enjoy!

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