Triple Layer Cappuccino CannaBrownies

Ok folks...this edibles recipe is not for the faint of heart. These Cappuccino CannaBrownies have three components: batter, frosting and icing and there is butter in each part! Insane! It's like 2 cups of butter...these are guaranteed to get you faded. Best part is I got the recipe from some snooty gourmet cookbook haha definitely not geared towards this stoney chef, but I bet it will taste better my way ; ) So lets go!

Ingredients:

    

    For batter -

• 1 cup dark chocolate (I used ghiradelli chocolate chips)
• 1 cup walnuts
• 3/4 cup budder
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 

   

    For frosting -  At first I wasn't going to make the frosting because I had half a container of store bought cream cheese frosting already...but it ended up not being enough so I had to make some. It tastes bomb! The cinnamon in it adds a little spice to the cream cheese and the budder gives it a super fun green color (thinking about dying the frosting next time for a more intense green)! But you can always buy some store bought frosting to save yourself some work/time.

•  1 cup cream cheese, softened
• 6 tablespoons budder
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon 

     For glaze -

• 1 cup bittersweet chocolate
• 1 1/2 tablespoons instant esspesso powder
• 2 tablespoons budder
• 1/2 cup heavy cream/whipping cream
  

 

You will also need -

• 9x13 baking dish
• medium size sauce pan
• medium size mixing bowl
• large bowl
• large spoon
  

Directions:

 Step 1 - Make brownie layer !hey! before you do any of this set out your budder and cream cheese for the frosting, it needs to melt a lil.

Preheat oven to 350. Chop chocolate (I use a 

 butcher knife, with one hand grasping the 

handle and one hand flat against the blunt 

side of the blade, I then rock the knife back 

and forth applying pressure and rotating the 

knife to chop ingredients). This was my least favorite part of the whole recipe, chopping the chocolate chips took awhile and hurt my hand! You don't have to chop the chocolate but the next step is to melt it and it's easiest when the chocolate is in small pieces. The recipe I used suggested chopping chocolate and walnuts at the same time but since you won't need them till the end of the batter recipe, you can wait.

  Now the easiest way to melt chocolate is in a double boiler. If you have one AWESOME. If you don't, no worries! You can make one easy peasy. I made mine with a medium sized pot and a medium sized plastic bowl (the kind you use for mixing ingredients). Fill pot half way with water and put the bowl inside the pot. There you go you just ghetto-rigged your first double boiler! :D

The hot water melts the chocolate slowly through the plastic bowl. Perfection.

 So heat the water in the bottom of your double boiler to a simmer. Mix espresso with 1 tablespoon hot water in a small container (I used a tea cup), dissolve. Add chocolate, budder and espresso. It will take a few minutes for the chocolate and budder to melt. Stir until melted and smooth, do not raise heat! Remove from heat and cool to luke warm.

  In a separate bowl combine sugar, vanilla and chocolate. Stir in eggs, one at a 

time, stirring well after each addition and stir in flour and salt. Stir until 

just combined. 

 Chop walnuts and add to batter. Butter and flour your baking dish (butter and 

flour = smear dish with butter and sprinkle flour on that. Not sure if it's the 

"official" method but it works for me!). Pour batter into dish. Bake for 22-25 

minutes. The brownies are going to come out undercooked, almost fudgy when 

completely done. You can try baking for an extra 10-15 minutes for a more cakey 

consistency.

Ok step 1 is done! On to step 2 - frosting!

Step 2 - Frosting

If you are making the frosting instead of using store bought combine cream cheese 

budder (by now it should be softened) mix with a fork (or electric mixer) until 

light and fluffy. Add sugar, vanilla and cinnamon, stir well. Spread frosting

evenly over brownie layer (make the brownie has cooled first).

 As you can see in the picture to 

the right the frosting is white and

green...I ran out of the store bought

I was going to use but this frosting

recipe is simple and tastes way 

better. Chill brownies until frosting is 

firm (at least one hour).

Step 3 - Glaze

Get out your double boiler! This step is very similar to 

step 1. Chop chocolate. Dissolve espresso powder in 1

tablespoon hot water. Combine chocolate, budder, espresso 

and cream in double boiler. Stir until smooth and melted. 

It's going to look DELICIOUS! Dark, rich and shiny (like

glaze duh :p). Cool glaze to room temperature. Spread glaze

over brownies. Chill brownies, covered, at least three hours.

Ok this recipe might seem loooong and complicated but it's

really not! It takes a total of about 5 hours with all the 

chill time but each layer (brownie, frosting, glaze) take 

10-20 minutes and all the steps are super easy!!

Now that I've made (and eaten) these I can say with confidence they are BOMB!

They come out on the fudge side, chewy, rich, uber chocolate! The cream cheese 

frosting in the middle helps tomellows out the intensity of the dark chocolate (I 

love the spice form the cinnamon)and the walnuts add great texture. And OMG they 

will knock you out!! So intense...definitely a bed time/nap time treat. 

So enjoy!