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These Fudge Cake Brownies are adapted from an old Southern Living magazine recipe. They are still a favorite almost twenty years later.
I found this recipe in a Southern Living Magazine about twenty years ago. When you are still making a recipe twenty years later, you know it is a good recipe!
Over the years, I have changed up how I make them, but the brownie part is still the same basic recipe.
These brownies are rich, fudgey, and delicious!
The recipe makes an 8×8 pan, but when I need a big pan of brownies, I just double the recipe and use a 9×13 pan. All you need to do is add a few minutes to the cooking time.
My favorite way to make these is to leave off the powdered sugar the original recipe called for.
Instead of the powdered sugar, I place a few chocolate chips on the brownies about 5 minutes before they are done.
I put them back in the oven for the last few minutes. The chocolate melts. Then I spread them around the top for a delicious and easy chocolate frosting.
One tip I have is not to use old chocolate chips that have turned white, like in the picture above.
The chocolate chips on that pan of brownies did not melt right, and I had to take them off and start over. Chocolate does, in fact, go bad, or at least bad enough that it doesn’t melt right.
After the brownies are cool, I refrigerate them for a couple of hours for the chocolate to harden. You don’t have to refrigerate them, but the chocolate will set faster if you do.
Can I make these Southern Living Brownies Gluten Free?
This week’s gluten free menu plan includes delicious gluten free recipes for summer.
I made notes next to the ingredients that need to be gluten free, but as always read labels to make sure that the ingredients are safe for your family.
Gluten Free Menu Plan July Week 3
Breakfast for dinner, fish tacos, homemade smoothies and more are on this week's gluten free menu plan.