Brownie Heart Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 17 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 42 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup toasted almond, chopped
• 1/4 lb chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• to taste unsweetened cocoa powder
• to taste almonds, sliced

Recipe

• 1 cake: grease 5 cup heart shaped pan; dust with unsweetened cocoa
• 2 powder and set aside. in bowl, blend together brown sugar, butter and vanilla; add eggs, one at a time, beating well with wooden spoon after each addition.
• 3 sift together flour, cocoa and salt; add all at once to creamed mixture, mixing just until blended.
• 4 stir in nuts; spread in prepared pan.
• 5 loosely cover tip of heart with foil to prevent from drying out. bake in 350xf oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until just barley firm to the touch.
• 6 let cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto rack and let cool completely.
• 7 frosting: in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, melt chocolate with butter.
• 8 (alternatively, in microwaveable dish, microwave at medium/50% for 1 to 2 minutes or until softened.) remove from heat and let cool slightly; stir in sour cream until smooth and blended.
• 9 refrigerate for 10 minutes; spread smoothly over sides then top of cooled cake. garnish: sprinkle cocoa in attractive pattern on top of cake. arrange almonds around top edge.