Chocolate Brownie Cake

This chocolate brownie cake is one of the easiest chocolate cake I have ever made, but also one of the most delectable!! I found this recipe from cupcakessavvykitchen. It's decorated with luxurious Kinder Bueno buttercream and chocolate sauce.

Ingredients:

Fudge brownie layers:

• 115g butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant coffee granules
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup plain flour
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt

Kinder Buttercream:

• 250g butter, softened at room temperature
• 200g sweetened condensed milk
• 2 Kinder Bueno chocolate bars
• ¼ cup milk

Chocolate Sauce:

• 1 cup dark chocolate
• ½ cup double cream

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease and line an 8 inch square baking pan with baking paper.

For the fudge- In a mixing bowl, add the melted butter. Sift cocoa powder over the butter. Add sugar, vanilla, coffee granules and eggs to the mixing bowl. Mix well with a hand whisk until the batter is smooth and glossy.

Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Gently mix with a silicone spatula until just combined, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. Avoid over mixing.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 15-17 minutes. 

Allow to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely. Trim the edges of the brownie and cut into two equal size.

For the Kinder Bueno buttercream: Place the Kinder Bueno bars and milk into a bowl suitable for a stick blender, a food processor or a regular blender. Blend thoroughly to break up the wafers and chocolate.

Once blended, set the mixture aside in a small bowl for 5 minutes, allowing the wafers to soften and the mixture to thickens as the wafers absorb some of the milk.

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add the softened butter. Using a hand mixer, beat the butter for 5 minutes until it becomes light and fluffy.

Add the condensed milk to the whipped butter. Continue to mix for 3 minutes until the mixture is well blended. make sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl to ensure everything is combined.

By now, the Kinder Bueno mixture should be ready. The wafers would have softened. and the mixture thickened. Add this mixture to the buttercream and mix for an additional 2 minutes or until well blended. 

Set aside until ready to use when assembling the brownie.

To assemble the brownie: Place one brownie layer on a serving plate. Pipe two to three rows of ruffle swirls using the Kinder Bueno buttercream and a 1M piping tip.

Gently place the second brownie layer on top.

Pipe three rows of the ruffled buttercream along the top of the cake.

Chocolate sauce:  Combine the chocolate and cream in a microwave safe jug. Microwave in 30 seconds intervals, stirring between each until smooth.

Cool for 5 minutes before using.

Garnish: Drizzle the chocolate sauce over the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides. Top with mini Kinder Bueno chocolates. 

Refrigerate until ready to serve.