[ninth]

I know the photo I chose wasn't officially taken on April 9th, but I really prefer it to my actual April 9th photo.  These are homemade cheesecake brownies I made for a work party. Somehow I always have the ambition to cooking a whole new recipe for work, which may not be the best idea since everyone will experience my first attempt.  Luckily, these came out well and smelled deeeeelightful! Next time I'd leave out about half the cream cheese because the topping was a little too dense and omit the chocolate chips, but good overall. 

For good measure, below is the actual April 9th photo.

Originally written 5/6/10

[twenty fifth]

Any opportunity I have to provide food for a celebration I use as an excuse to bake.  Knowing there was going to be a birthday at work and that I had a neglected box of Hershey's Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder in my cupboard, my brain instantly went to brownies.  I searched the web for recipes and found this one.  This was the first time I'd made brownies from scratch and they came out alright.  They were super dark and although they'd have a great name (Jackie's Blackies), I don't know if I'd use the dark chocolate cocoa again.  They just didn't taste like the classic brownie I was expecting.  I'm thinking I could make the brownie with plain chocolate cocoa powder, but use the same dark chocolate frosting next time.  Oh yes, there will be a next time. 

I had 20 pictures of these two brownies because I wanted an action shot of me powdering the squares, but that didn't exactly work.  Most of them have a flesh-colored blur in the upper left corner.  I still like the result of this photo though, especially since my favorite plate is in it.