Cappuccino Brownies

As you all know, I am home and have been busy cooking in the kitchen again, as usual. I have been baking and cooking and I have lots of fun things to share.

It is that time of the week once again, where I start doing all my weekly baking for my coffee cart. One of the menu items on the cart this week will be some cappuccino brownies. Everyone loves brownies, right?! I love coffee flavored desserts, but I tend not to make a lot of coffee flavored items ONLY because Larry does not like coffee flavored anything, and I certainly DON’T need to eat anything that is leftover, though usually I do not have many leftovers, if any, at all. 🙂

I can, and definitely do, make brownies from scratch, however, I really like the Ghirardelli Brownie mix, and tend to use that more so than not when making brownies. Why reinvent the wheel when you don’t have to? I used my Ghirardelli mix again this time as a starter, then tweaked them a bit.

For the actual brownies themselves, the only changes I made was to add 1 tsp of vanilla and 3 TBSP instant coffee granules to the mix to give them a hint of mocha or coffee flavor, then baked them per the instructions on the box.

Once my brownies were baked and cooled, I topped them with a cappuccino buttercream frosting. I prefer dressed up brownies rather than to serve them naked. 🙂

Cappuccino Buttercream Frosting

3 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

3 TBSP instant coffee granules

1/2 cup milk

2 sticks softened butter

Combine the milk and coffee granules together and mix until the granules have dissolved. Then mix everything together with a mixer until everything is well blended and creamy.

Spread over the brownies before cutting.

Once the brownies are covered with a layer of frosting, slice them up. I also added some mini chocolate chips on top to dress them up even more, making more them like cappuccino chip brownies. YUMMY!

I do my best to live and cook by the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid) rule as much as possible. There is nothing wrong with starting from a store bought brand, as long as it is a good, reputable and reliable brand, and doctoring it up. If you doctor it up right, no one will ever know you didn’t slave away over a hot stove or oven. It will be out little secret. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Tl next time.