This weeks recipe for Caramel Peanut Topped Brownie Cake was chosen by Tammy of Wee Treats by Tammy. I decided to make this cake for a coworkers birthday but the first problem I ran into was the springform pan - I had a 6" pan; I could only find a 9" pan in the stores, and the recipe called for a 8" pan. I opted to go with the 9" pan but rather than fool with the recipe and perform complex mathematical operations in order to get a cake of the proper thickness, I followed the directions as is.
The cake turned out fine except that it sank A LOT in the middle! When I looked at it after cooling, I was afraid that the center portion of the cake would be paper thin but that was not the case. The caramel topping gave me a little bit of trouble as it took 15-20 minutes to reach a deep amber color but my patience paid off and it was delicious! Because of the larger diameter of the cake, I ended up using more peanuts and almost all of the caramel. In order to get full peanut coverage, I put the peanuts on the cake first and then poured the caramel over the top of everything.
This cake was a huge hit at the office and I will definitely be making it again. As a matter of fact, I later found 8" springform pans at JC Penney of all places! Check out the other TWD bakers here.
9 comments:
It looks wonderful. Good thing you had people to share it with!
YOur cake looks sooo good. Im glad your going to try my Fudge pecan topping. I really was pleased with it. Im glad your coworkers liked it! Score on getting your new springform pan
I am pleased you liked my pick! I think it was meant to sink a bit in the middle!!
I need to find one of those springform pans too! Mine is the 9". Your cake looks great!
I bet it worked out just as well in the 9-inch pan. But hey, you can never have too many baking pans, right?
Glad you liked it!
Lucky co-workers!!
your cake looks delicious!
As always, you take beautiful, artsy pictures!
Thanks! I'm just sorry I missed this one - I might have to go back and catch-up on the really yummy looking recipes from before I joined TWD.
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