dark & milk chocolate brownie layer cake

Name: Dark & Milk Chocolate Brownie Layer Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box(es) milk chocolate brownie mix; 1 box(es) dark chocolate brownie mix; 8 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter (1 stick); 2/3 cup(s) Ghirardelli cocoa (or your favorite kind); 3 cup(s) powdered sugar; 1/3 cup(s) milk; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1 cup(s) mini Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips

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Nancy Allen

Wentzville, MO

Updated on Aug 22, 2017

This cake is chewy and chocolaty and the brownie lovers in the family will be pleased as punch.

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Blue Ribbon Recipe

Whether you like milk chocolate or dark chocolate brownies, you get the best of both worlds in every bite. The two dense brownies are fused together with a fudge-like icing. The mini chocolate chips are a little chocolate bonus. This is truly a brownie lover's dream dessert. Rich, decadent, and quite a treat.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 15 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 8 servings

Ingredients

1 box milk chocolate brownie mix
1 box dark chocolate brownie mix
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick)
2/3 cup Ghirardelli cocoa (or your favorite kind)
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup mini Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips

How To Make dark & milk chocolate brownie layer cake

Test Kitchen Tips

We followed the instructions on the boxes for cake-like (not fudgy) brownies.

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Spray two 8 or 9-inch cake pans with Pam. Mix up each brownie mix separately according to directions on boxes and pour into pans.

Step 2

Bake about 25 to 30 minutes checking center of brownies to make sure they are done in the center. Remove from oven. Run a knife around side of the cake pan and then let cool 10 minutes. Remove brownies from pan and let cool completely.
Step 3

Frosting: Melt the butter (microwave or stove top) and stir in the cocoa. Alternately add the powdered sugar and the milk, beating to a spreading consistency. Add more milk if needed. Stir vanilla extract.
Step 4

Frost brownie layers like a regular layer cake all over.
Step 5

Then pat mini chips to the side of the cake with your hands. Enjoy with whipped cream or alone.
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