What is a Brownie?
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
Brownie is to Cub what Girl Guide is to Scout. Also a nice chocolate sponge, often with coconut.
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
Brownies are a different consistency from sponge cake, just a few inches over the bright line between cake and fudge (towards the fudgy side). Brownies shouldn't be dry. They should be dense with chocolate flavor. Nuts are encouraged. Personally, I don't like mine with frosting. Where are you posting from Henry, that brownies are something new to you?
Someone's gotta be the last to know, but why is it always me?
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
Brownies are usually very dense, essentially like cake that doesn't rise. Since yours specifically said "cake", I assume it was a cake made up to taste like a brownie, i.e. a chocolate sponge with icing.
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
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Brownies are a different consistency from sponge cake, just a few inches over the bright line between cake and fudge (towards the fudgy side). Brownies shouldn't be dry. They should be dense with chocolate flavor. Nuts are encouraged. Personally, I don't like mine with frosting. Where are you posting from Henry, that brownies are something new to you?
Someone's gotta be the last to know, but why is it always me?
I in the UK. It's not that brownies are new to me, but rather that I hear so much about them, relatively speaking, as a really good thing. I thought that there must be more to them than just a bit of chockolate cake, otherwise all of the eulogizers must have been wrong. The one I just had fails your test as it was really dry. Maybe we just don't get good brownies in the UK (unless martin_hughes knows different).
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Brownies are usually very dense, essentially like cake that doesn't rise. Since yours specifically said "cake", I assume it was a cake made up to taste like a brownie, i.e. a chocolate sponge with icing.
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
You hit it in one. I will try to pay more attention to the description next time. Just saw 'Brownie' and got tempted and then dissapointed. :)
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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I in the UK. It's not that brownies are new to me, but rather that I hear so much about them, relatively speaking, as a really good thing. I thought that there must be more to them than just a bit of chockolate cake, otherwise all of the eulogizers must have been wrong. The one I just had fails your test as it was really dry. Maybe we just don't get good brownies in the UK (unless martin_hughes knows different).
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
Like any other baked good, Henry, there's a high end and a low end. We get a mix at Costco that is made by Hersheys, then doctor it up with wheat bran to make it denser and add lots of walnuts. Tasty!
Someone's gotta be the last to know, but why is it always me?
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Did my shopping today and bought, amongst other things, I mean, I dont live on junk, errr where was I? Oh yes, I bought a "Chocolate Brownie Cake 'A Delicious Treat for EveryOne'". NOT! Just had it with some caffeine for a late snack and it turned out to be some dryish chocolate sponge, topped with pretty good fudge icing (frosting). I mean I ate it, it's chocolate right? But it made me wonder what does make a brownie, not just a chocolate sponge with icing?
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
A Brownie is a delectible treat when eaten late at night in a tent around a campfire, as any Boy Scout will tell you. My love for eating Brownies at camp eventually led to my leaving scouting, however, and I wouldn't consider trying it at my age.
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