Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!
I wanted to share this mistake turned delicious brownie dessert with you today. I'm really happy with the result but still want to try the original Earthquake Cake recipe.
Now where I made the mistake is thinking I had a box of chocolate cake mix but instead had brownie mix. This happy accident wouldn't have even happened had I realized this early on but I'd already made the brownie batter and had the baking dish greased with the coconut and pecans lining the bottom. The only reason I noticed the boxed brownie wasn't cake mix was the batter was so thick and I was trying to figure out why. I looked at the box instructions to make sure I didn't forget an ingredient when I read a note saying the batter will be thicker than normal brownie mix - wait what?! Ah crap! I'd pulled out a box of super rich and gooey brownie mix!
Well now what? I decided to follow the cake instructions anyway - gotta see where this goes right?! Well, the thick brownie mixture did not "pour" on top of the coconut/pecans so I mixed them all together, albeit a little angrily lol, and dolloped the cream cheese "frosting" as instructed. Because the brownie mix was so thick, the cream cheese did not sink into the batter and instead melted and covered them in a nice smooth layer of "frosting".
I wanted to share this mistake turned delicious brownie dessert with you today. I'm really happy with the result but still want to try the original Earthquake Cake recipe.
Now where I made the mistake is thinking I had a box of chocolate cake mix but instead had brownie mix. This happy accident wouldn't have even happened had I realized this early on but I'd already made the brownie batter and had the baking dish greased with the coconut and pecans lining the bottom. The only reason I noticed the boxed brownie wasn't cake mix was the batter was so thick and I was trying to figure out why. I looked at the box instructions to make sure I didn't forget an ingredient when I read a note saying the batter will be thicker than normal brownie mix - wait what?! Ah crap! I'd pulled out a box of super rich and gooey brownie mix!
Well now what? I decided to follow the cake instructions anyway - gotta see where this goes right?! Well, the thick brownie mixture did not "pour" on top of the coconut/pecans so I mixed them all together, albeit a little angrily lol, and dolloped the cream cheese "frosting" as instructed. Because the brownie mix was so thick, the cream cheese did not sink into the batter and instead melted and covered them in a nice smooth layer of "frosting".
They are still quite delicious and I'd totally make them again, but in no way can these be called "earthquake" anythings lol.
If you want to make these at home yourselves, just follow the Earthquake Cake recipe and use brownie mix instead of cake. You can easily make these much thicker by using an 8x8 baking dish. I used the instructed 9x13 as it was already greased etc as mentioned above. The exact recipe I used was the original - without chocolate chips.
As always I hope you enjoyed this post and I look forward to your comments! Have a great day everyone!
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