My first attempt of making something from the new cookbook was a success as seen in the previous post. My next attempt only showed that I was way too anxious to be back in the kitchen. It seemed to have lost my patience while I was in Thailand!
I invited my dear friend Berenice over for lunch so we could catch up. I made her Lakeshire Pork from the Avoca Cafe Cookbook along with braised cabbage with sherry vinegar and smashed potatoes. My lunch turned out extremely tasty. For dessert I decided to try out "The Ulitmate Brownie" out of the Sugar Cube cookbook.
My ingredients...I am getting a little nervous I haven't seen my favorite brand of butter, Kerrygold, in a really long time.
There were 3 steps to the process of this recipes. First the brownies, which were easy enough and made in cupcake linings. The next step was a coffee syrup, followed by a dollop of chocolate ganache in the middle of the brownie cake.
Getting ready for the oven...
Finished brownie sans coffee syrup and ganache.
The finished product.
I was a bit disappointed in the way that they turned out. I really did not like them in a cupcake liner as brownie batter is a different consistency than cake batter and the stuck to the paper too much. The brownie was too sweet for my taste and I couldn't taste the coffee syrup enough (this could have been because the syrup was too sweet for me too). The ganache looked great, but if I was somewhere other than China I would have tried a little harder to find a better quality of bittersweet chocolate. Everyone who tried them love them, so maybe it was just me. One other thing I would do when I make them next time is to under bake them a few minutes. I love a brownie with a gooey center!
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