individual brownie trifles.

Three layers come together for this easy, elegant dessert. Put it in an individually wine glasses to make a beautiful presentation. 

Yes! Individual Brownie Trifles is on my baking-list today! It's a sunny day here and I was craving for something sweet... something chocolatey, something fresh and fruity. And trifles is a quick and simple dessert you just can't resist. It's indeed so fun and easy to put together and always looks splendid with gorgeous layers.

Before you make the trifles, firstly you have to make the brownies. I personally made the brownies with my normal-size recipe. I know it's a bit too much for just two glasses of trifles, but then you'll have leftover. In my thought, with leftover brownies you can create such great new ideas! :)

Actually they are endless variations of making and preparing trifles, same as making parfait dishes. Just do whatever you want, whatever you like. For example, you can change the brownies into a simple vanilla cake or coconut cake. You can also change the whipped cream layer into cheesecake layer, or chocolate/lemon pudding, etc. This time I go with brownies, fresh raspberries and whipped cream. Just playing a bit with colours. :)

If you wanna try this, then have a go with this recipe because it works! 

What's not to love about layers of chewy brownie, fresh raspberries and homemade whipped cream?? 

For the brownies (cake):

Making an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan.

Ingredients:

150 grams semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped

1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

15 grams unsweetened cocoa powder

200 grams granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 large eggs

95 grams  all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

125 grams semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

2). Butter an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment/wax paper.

3). Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar.

4). Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5). Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if you use it). Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Don't over bake! 

6). Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack.

For the brownie trifles:

Making 2 medium wine glasses (or 4 large parfait glasses).

Ingredients:

2/3 cup heavy cream

1 tablespoon granulated white sugar

1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

fresh raspberries or dark sweet cherries, pitted

unsweetened cocoa powder

baked brownies

Directions:

1). In a large mixing bowl combine the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer or hand mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form; set aside.

2). Divide half of the brownies between the wine glasses. (it's completely up to you which kind or size of glasses you choose). Divide the raspberries and whipping cream between the glasses, creating layers. Repeat layers with remaining brownies, raspberries and whipping cream. If desired, you can add melted dark chocolate after each brownie layer, or you can also top the trifles with ferrero rocher (or other brand of chocolates) or just sprinkle the top with unsweetened cocoa powder (like I did) - to make the dessert more chocolatey.

3). Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 4-5 hours.

A little tips:

Like I said before, you will still have leftover brownies! And because it's already so wonderful plain, you can easily cut a slice and eat... or serve them for dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. What I've ever done before was using the brownies as topping for pancake, then serve it with chocolate sauce. Yummy! Brownies always has beautiful and moist texture and a deep chocolate flavour. So "fudgy", so "cakey" and so "chewy"!

Enjoy!

Hope you guys like it!

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