Dense Brownies with Cake Batter Frosting

Dense Brownies with Cake Batter Frosting

Job hunting is stressful.  I thought that college was hard, but being a college graduate and not being able to find a job is harder.

I’ve applied to what feels like billions of jobs online, written and rewritten about a hundred cover letters, and revised my resume around fifty times.  And still, I can’t find a job.

When you go through school your entire life, you get taught to “go to college so you can get a good job.”  Well, I went to college and I’ve been graduated for 3 months now, and still haven’t been able to find a job.

I think that college is a great concept, however, I think it’s completely overpriced ($50,00 for 4 years?!? Get real!) and not completely necessary.  For example, I didn’t get a teaching degree, I’m a Public Relations major, but I’m substitute teaching right now.  I don’t know if you know this, but you don’t get any training to be a substitute teacher and you don’t have to have a teaching degree, just 60 hours of college credit. I learned by walking into a classroom unprepared and teaching myself how to teach.  And you know what?  I’m doing just fine.

Anyway, like I said, I have my degree and I’m still searching for a job.  I know an opportunity will arrive when it’s supposed to, but waiting is difficult.

To say the least, it’s a tad bit stressful.

So, to calm myself, I bake and bake and bake, which is why I get to share these brownies with you today.  So, I guess not being able to find a job is all that bad. ;)

 

The best cake batter frosting

chewy brownies with crinkly top

dense, chewy brownies with cake batter frosting

fudge brownies with cake mix frosting

This perfect brownie recipe is adapted from The Black Apple.  Good luck trying not to eat all of the frosting before putting it on the brownies.  Also, I had some leftover cake mix, so I mixed about 1/4 cup cake mix with 3 tablespoons butter and swirled it into the top of the brownies.

Dense Brownies with Cake Batter Frosting
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Ingredients
  • Brownies:
  • 1 stick butter (8 tbsp)
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup clour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • Frosting:
  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup cake mix of your choice

Instructions
  1. Preheat Oven to 350.
  2. Melt butter in pot over stove.
  3. Remove butter from heat, let cool about a minute, then add sugars and mix well.
  4. Add eggs, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla, and mix well.
  5. Line and grease an 8×8 inch baking dish and pour in batter.
  6. Bake 20-25 minutes. If a toothpick comes out clean, it’s finished.
  7. While cooling, make the frosting:
  8. In a mixer, beat the butter and vanilla until fluffy. Slowly add in the confectioners’ sugar and then the cake mix until fully incorporated and fluffy.
  9. Frost cooled brownies and enjoy.

 

the perfect brownies with cake batter frosting

Cake Batter Puppy Chow

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I’m sure, if you have Pinterest, that you’ve seen this recipe all over.  That’s how I found it, at least.

I got addicted to Pinterest last year in one of my classes.  It was a lecture class and we sat in front of computers for 1 1/2 hours… what was I supposed to do?  My professor clearly wanted me to be on Pinterest.  Besides, I think it made me pay attention more because I knew I had to listen even more carefully if I was going to be “off task” by being on Pinterest.

So, lesson learned, multi-tasking makes you more attentive.  (Riiighhht…)

Anyway, I’ve found a lot of great recipes on Pinterest and this is one of my favorites.  However, if you have an addictive personality, I don’t suggest you make this because it is so addicting.  Just walk away.  Give it as gifts… that’s what I had to do.

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Cake Batter Puppy Chow
From: So Very Blessed 

Ingredients:

  • 5 cups Chex cereal (I prefer the Rice Chex)
  • 10 oz (5 squares) vanilla flavored Almond Bark
  • 1 1/2 cups yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • vegetable shortening, optional
  • Sprinkles!
Directions:
  1. Melt almond bark according to the package directions, adding vegetable shortening to thin if desired.
  2. Pour the cereal, cake mix, and powdered sugar into a paper bag or container with a lid.
  3. Drizzle melted Almond Bark over the cereal and fold down the top of the paper bag or put the lid on the container.
  4. Shake bag or container until the cereal is evenly coated.
  5. Add in sprinkles if desired.

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