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Heart Shaped Brownie Cake
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
27 mins
Total Time
42 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: heart brownies, Valentine's Day dessert
Author: Jackie
Ingredients
Brownies
  • 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tablespoons butter softened
  • cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-4 drops pink food coloring
Instructions
To make the brownies-
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place the heart shaped pan on a large piece of parchment paper and trace around the edges. Cut out heart and place inside the pan. Spray edges of pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, melted butter, and oil.
  4. Add eggs and vanilla, whisk until smooth.
  5. Add cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt; whisk until smooth.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips.
  7. Pour brownie batter into prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
  8. Bake brownies 27-30 minutes, or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out with only a few moist crumbs.
  9. Cool in pan for 20 minutes then remove from pan and cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting-
  1. Beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  2. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and pink food coloring and continue to beat until creamy.
  3. Frost the cooled brownies.
  4. Fit pastry bag with large star tip. Fill with buttercream.
  5. Pipe roses onto the heart shaped brownie as you see in the video above.
  6. Slice and serve!