Double Chocolate Brownie Torte with Butterscotch Ganache

Since Brent was out of town this last weekend, my sister came over on Saturday for a sister date at my house.

As mentioned in the previous post, we are both brownie lovers. 

Extreme brownie lovers.

So I decided to make a Double Chocolate Brownie Torte with Butterscotch Ganache.

This was so good, it hurt a little bit.

Ya know what else hurts a little bit? Pavement. Pavement hurts a little bit.

Why do I know this?

Because yesterday, I was walking my sweet giant little 14 month old golden retriever, Nova.

While walking him, I looked down at my phone to check an email in the exact moment that Nova saw a squirrel.

Nova went for it.

Before I knew it, I was SUPERMANNING through the air and proceeded to be dragged by my sweet little punkin head down the oh so lovely pavement road.

It’s ok, It’s ok. It was nothing a Double Chocolate Brownie Torte with Butterscotch Ganache and a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream couldn’t fix.

Later on, however, I did have a bit of anxiety that someone was filming me and I would end up on YouTube, like this lady.

It wouldn’t surprise me. I.FLEW.

Now, I made a little bit more butterscotch ganache than I needed. 

So what do you do when you have more butterscotch ganache than you actually need?

You close your eyes and keep pouring.

Oopsies.

The thought of not using all of this right then and there was inconceivablish…

I told you, I just can’t be trusted. Don’t be like me.

Unless you like delicious things…then be like me.

So whether or not you get dragged by your 90 lb baby-triever down a lovely paved road today, you should still make this.

Double Chocolate Brownie Torte

Ingredients:

• 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, room temp
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (semi sweet will work too)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour an 8-inch cake pan.
3. Mix together butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixed thoroughly.
5. In a separate medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, and salt.
6. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until barely combined.
7. Fold in chocolate chips.
8. Pour into pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. You will want the center to still be a little bit gooey.
9. Cool for 10 minutes in pan.
10. Remove from pan, place on a large serving platter, and pour warm Butterscotch Ganache over the top.

Butterscotch Ganache

Ingredients:

• 6 oz butterscotch chips
• 6 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter

Directions:

1. In a small saucepan, heat cream and butter over medium heat until just before the boiling stage.
2. Place butterscotch morsels in a heat resistant bowl and pour hot cream/butter over morsels.
3. Let sit for 15 seconds, then stir until smooth.
4. Pour over torte.

Serve with ice cream!

Sister Date and The Butterscotch Ganache Debate

Brent, being a chiropractor, is working on becoming certified in Acupuncture. To become certified, he has to attend an acupuncture seminar in Dallas once a month for 8 months. His second seminar was this last weekend, so since he was out of town, I called up my sister to come spend obligatory time with me while he was away 🙂

My sister is an incredible triathlete and competes in tri’s quite often. She and her fiance had completed a 50 mile bike ride that morning (ya know, no big) so she was a little pooped when she arrived at my hizzy.

I made sure to have some delicious post-workout snacks ready when she arrived 🙂

Out of honey-roasted peanuts, Craisins & almonds, Wheat Thins, Chex, and Chip-Ins, the Chip-Ins stole the show.

I saw these while checking out at the grocery store and decided to grab a bag. They are all-natural popcorn chips made by Popcorn Indiana. I’ve only tried the Hot Buffalo Wing flavor, which is really good! The other flavors offered are Sea Salt, Jalapeno Ranch, and White Cheddar. 

I definitely see some Jalapeno Ranch in my future 🙂

They are light and airy, but have a ton of flavor, a satisfying crunch, AND you can eat like ten billion of them for half the calories and fat that you would get in normal chips. 

Sold.

For dinner, sister and I decided to order 2 medium 2 topping pizzas online from Domino’s while snackin’ on Chip’ins.

I really like Domino’s and prefer it over most deliver pizza companies, but I am always a little disturbed by the greased soaked box that it usually comes in…

I mean, it’s not a game changer, just a little distracting I guess. 

That’s all.

BBQ chicken with spinach for me.

Pepperoni with jalapeno and black olive for her.

She got 3 toppings…diva.

We each ate 3 pieces.

That means we had 10 pieces left over.

Hannah decided to leave her 5 leftover slices in my fridge.

Math tells me that Brent and I will have to finish them off for ya sis.

Shame.

We hate pizza.

Now, when Hannah and I have a sister date, dessert is an absolute must.

I love this about her.

She makes my dessert addiction feel normal.

Our sister date desserts usually involve brownies with ice cream, brownie pies, mint brownies, iced brownies, brookies (cookie brownies, duh), brownies on a stick, brownies smothered in Nutella, espresso brownie cakes, hot brownies, cold brownies, new brownies, old brownies, cream cheese swirl brownies, brownie cupcakes, peanut butter brownies, and blonde brownies…just to name a few.

So I thought I would change it up and make a Double Chocolate Brownie Torte with Butterscotch Ganache.

Hannah insisted on me leaving the Double Chocolate Brownie Torte goodness alone and forgo adding the ganache.

Much to my dismay, we had a plain jane Double Chocolate Brownie Torte with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Okay, okay, it was still absolutely delicious without the ganache.

The next morning, Hannah leaves at 7:30 AM, and what do I do?

Breakfast? You can wait.

Doggy? I can’t take you outside right now.

Teeth? I’ll brush you later.

I have a butterscotch ganache to make.

The Double Chocolate Brownie Torte is D-VINE all by itself, but drizzled with The Greatest Butterscotch Ganache of all time???

I’ll let you figure it out. 

Recipe to come, manana!