Dear Reader,
When Hodgson Mill asked me to enter their recipe contest, I instantly thought of our family’s favorite brownie cake.
This yummy light and fluffy “brownie” has a very unique flavor due to a secret ingredient 
and always goes over well at gatherings.
So, I tweaked my recipe ever so slightly to use a mixture of Hodgson Mill’s Whole Wheat Flour and White Flour and the verdict is in… the family LOVED it.
Start out by melting 2 sticks of butter in a saucepan.
Add in 1 Cup of Water
and 1/4 Cup Cocoa
Bring to a boil and then set aside.
Now take grab the cutest 4 year old you can find and have her take 2 Cups Sugar and 1 t Baking Soda…
And mix it with 1/2 Cup Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Flour and 1 1/2 Cups Hodgson Mill White Flour
And then add our very special secret ingredient… 1 T Cinnamon and blend well.
Add 2 eggs
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
And 1 T Vanilla
Mix well and add in the cocoa sauce with an electric mixer for about 2 minutes on medium speed.
Pour the batter into a lightly greased 11 x17 cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, take a stick of butter and melt in a sauce pan.
Add 1/4 Cup Cocoa
Add 1 lb Powdered Sugar and 3-4 T Water. Bring to a boil.
Take 1/3 Cup of Chopped Walnuts and toss into icing.
Once the cake is done, add the icing while still warm.
Spread the icing…
Then add another 1/3 Cup of Chopped Walnuts on top.
Let cool completely before serving.
Yum!
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Ingredients
- 2 Sticks Butter
- 1 Cup Water
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 1/2 Cup Hodgson Mill White Flour
- 1 t Baking Soda
- 1 T Cinnamon
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup Buttermilk
- 1 T Vanilla
- Icing:
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa
- 1 lb Powdered Sugar
- 3-4 T Water
- 2/3 Cup Chopped Walnuts- Divided
Instructions
- Take 2 sticks butter and melt in a saucepan.
- Add water and cocoa and bring to a boil and set aside.
- Mix flours, baking soda, sugar and cinnamon.
- Add Eggs, Buttermilk and Vanilla. Mix well.
- Add in Cocoa sauce and mix well with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into a lightly greased 11 x17 cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- Prepare icing:
- Melt a stick of butter.
- Add Cocoa, powdered sugar and water.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add 1/3 cup of nuts.
- Pour icing over warm cake.
- Top with remaining nuts.
- Cool completely before serving.
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I am the mama behind GOODEness Gracious and the owner of Cris Goode Solutions.
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