Chocolate brownies

A few posts ago, I declared my not too big of a love towards chocolate.. And after a few completely non-chocolatey posts that followed, which totally confirmed it, its finally time to step on my toes. Because what is a person who cannot be convinced into anything.. or in this case- convinced into trying a full-on chocolate recipe..

I admit, up till about 5-6 years ago, I didn't even know about cupcakes, brownies, tarts, cake pops and hundreds of other terms you can now find daily in my vocabulary. Time is really precious for those who love to learn new things and refresh their memory. But by learning new things, you always run into some things valuable holding on to.. something like those old grandma's recipes which represent so much more than just a list of ingredients.



Brownies could be described as a cake which is by its consistency somewhere between a cake and an cookie. It has a density of a cookie, but at the same time moistness of a cake. The first time I ever heard of brownies was when my friend returned from her trip to the USA and kept repeating how she adores them and misses them. My curiosity immediately switched into the "search" mode and started looking for recipes online. I have tried about 3 which came out decent, but not nearly good enough to receive a spot on this blog.
And there comes my recently mentioned topic about my hobby- penpalling, because my up-till-today unquestionably favorite brownies recipe came from my penpal.
Bo from California sent me the recipe of her favorite brownies, the one that she got from nanny, as a memory on her.



It felt amazing receiving something so special from someone. A recipe that means more than just a list of ingredients to someone. A recipe I would swear on. Me, with the chocolate aversion, going crazy about a chocolate heaven!! Why? Because the cake is so rich, dense and moist, and the creme covering it so untypical- with honey. Exactly those two- rich cake and honey in the creme are the "it" factor.


But emotions aside.. This cake disappears within hours in my family.. so fast that the same issue arises every time.. taking a photo of the cake!! The first photo from this post is two years old. And the last evenings final product.. well, lets say this is a symbolic memory of it:




Oh yea, almost forgot-  THE RECIPE! (just click on the link, I previously published this recipe on the Coolinarika) 

(Does it seem as if  I am recently publishing only comfort food here?) :)