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Mini Brownie Cakes with Peppermint Buttercream Frosting
Course:
Brownies, Desserts, Sweets
Calories:
Author:
Terri
Ingredients
For the Mini Brownie Cakes
1
cup
chocolate chips
semisweet
¾
cup
butter
1 ½ sticks
½
cup
unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½
cups
sugar
3
eggs + 1 egg yoke
1
tsp
vanilla
¾
cup
all purpose flour
¼
tsp
salt
For the Peppermint Buttercream Frosting
1
cup
butter
1 8
oz
package of cream cheese
1 ½
tsp
vanilla
5
cup
powdered sugar
Red food coloring
Peppermint sprinkles
finely crushed
Optional
additional sprinkles of your choice for topping
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° and spray mini cake pans with non stick spray, set aside.
In a small sauce pan, heat chocolate chips, butter and unsweetened cocoa powder over low heat until melted. Let cool.
In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar until nice and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Pour cooled chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Stir until combined.
Add flour and salt. Gently stir until combined.
Pour into prepared mini cake pans.
Bake for 21-22 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool completely before adding frosting.
For the Frosting
In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter for a minute or two until nice and creamy.
Add cream cheese and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
Slowly add powdered sugar a little at a time and beat over medium speed until combined.
Add food coloring until desired color is obtained.
Gently stir in crushed peppermint sprinkles. I used approximately 3-4 tablespoons.
Spoon a layer of frosting between two brownies and then top with additional frosting.
Sprinkle peppermint sprinkles, or sprinkles of your choice, on top and enjoy!
ENJOY!
Notes
Brownie recipe mostly adapted from Tessa over at
Handle the Heat
Peppermint Buttercream Frosting mostly adapted from Stacy over at
Wicked Good Kitchen