Chocolate Snowflake Brownie Cake

Prep Time: 20 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Course: Dessert | Serves: 10

A simple dark chocolate brownie cake with a powdered sugar snowflake stenciled on top. Rich, yet airy and light feeling on the palate. Inspired by Williams-Sonoma in their Holiday Entertaining cookbook. 

½ cup butter, softened 

1 cup sugar 

⅛ tsp salt 

2 egg

1 Tbsp vanilla 

¾ cup flour

4 oz dark chocolate, melted 

Confectionery sugar, for dusting

Preheat oven to 350*. Spray oil or butter a 8“ cake pan that has been parchment lined, then sprinkle with a light coating of sugar. In a stand mixer, beat softened butter, sugar, and salt for 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and vanilla mixing to incorporate, scraping the bowl with a rubber scraper, then mix again. Top the batter with flour and melted chocolate; mixing until combined. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan, smoothing the top. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool completely in the pan. Run a skinny knife around the pans edge and turn out onto a plate, then flip over onto a cake plate so the crackly top is once again on top. Cut a snowflake stencil out of a piece of paper and place it on top of the cake. Dust powdered sugar through a sieve, then remove the template.