ChocolateLove: Fudgy Brownie with Dark Chocolate Ganache

February is #chocolatelove month. #chocolatelove is a blog hop with an amazing group of bloggers, who are co-hosting.  Please join in on the #chocolatelove fun by linking up any choclate recipe from the month of February 2012. Don't forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #chocolatelove event! The twitter hashtag is #chocolatelove :).


I have several heart shaped pans in various sizes, but I used this one to make a fudgy brownie with dark chocolate chips, as well as baking baking chocolate.  Then the brownie is topped with Dark Chocolate Ganache and piped with white chocolate. This is truly a chocoholic's delight, and perfect for Valentine's Day!

Fudge Brownies Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens

Ingredients:

1/2 c butter

2 squares, (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp .vanilla

3/4 c. AP Flour

1/2 dark or semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Fudge Brownies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Line a 8x8x2 pan or use a heart cake pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper, edges overlapping. Melt butter and chocolate.  Remove from heat and stir in sugar.  Add eggs, and vanilla.  Beat lightly until just combined.  Stir in flour and mix well. Stir chocolate chips into batter. Spread batter in pan.  Bake in 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.  Do not over bake. Cool on rack. Remove brownie from pan, and place on rack.

Dark Chocolate Ganache

6 oz. dark or semisweet baking chocolate, chopped or chocolate chips

3/4 c heavy cream

Here are my amazing co-hosts:

Place chocolate in medium bowl, Heat cream until simmering. Pour over chocolate in bowl. Stir chocolate until chocolate is evenly melted. Allow to cool and thicken.  Pour over brownie or cake starting in the middle, and spread out toward the edges.  Cool completely until the Ganache is set.  Pipe with White Chocolate Frosting

White Chocolate Frosting

1 1/3 c chopped white chocolate

1/3 c heavy cream

1 1/2 c powdered sugar

Place white chocolate in medium bowl, Heat cream until simmering. Pour over  white chocolate in bowl. Stir white chocolate until evenly melted. Gradually add powdered sugar to white chocolate mixture until piping consistency.  Place frosting in piping bag or a plastic bag with the corner snipped off.

Here are my amazing co-hosts:

A Little Bit of Everything ~ Roxana ~ @RoxanaGreenGirl

ASTIG Vegan ~ Richgail ~  @astigvegan

Badger Girl Learns to Cook ~ Kimberly ~ @BdgrGrl

Baker Street ~ Anuradha ~ @bakerstreet29

Baking and Cooking, A Tale of Two Loves ~ Becky Higgins

Baking Extravaganza ~ Samantha

BigFatBaker ~ Erin ~ @BigFatBaker

Bon a croquer ~ Valerie ~ @Valouth

CafeTerraBlog ~ Terra ~ @CafeTerraBlog

Cake Duchess ~ Lora ~ @cakeduchess

Cakeballs, Cookies and More ~ Sue

Cooking with Books ~ Marnely ~ @nella22

Creative Cooking Corner ~ Karriann ~ @KarriannGraf

Easily Good Eats ~ Three Cookies

Elephant Eats ~ Amy

Georgiecakes ~ Georgie ~ @georgiecakes

Hobby And More ~ Richa ~ @betit19

Java Cupcake ~ Betsey ~ @JavaCupcake

Kitchen Belleicious ~ Jessica

Mike's Baking ~ Mike ~ @mikesbaking

Mis Pensamientos ~ Junia ~ @juniakk

No One Likes Crumbley Cookies ~ TR ~ @TRCrumbley

Oh Cake ~ Jessica ~ @jesshose

Preheat the Oven ~ Jason ~ @officialchefjae

Rico sin Azucar ~ Helena ~ @ricosinazucar

Savoring Every Bite ~ Linda ~ @Spicegirlfla

Simply Reem ~ Reem ~ @simplyreem

Smart Food and Fit ~ Lisa ~ @LisaNutrition

Soni's Food for Thought ~ Soni ~ @sonisfood 

Sprint 2 the Table ~ Laura ~ @Sprint2theTable

Teaspoon of Spice ~ Deanna ~ @tspbasil 

That Skinny Chick Can Bake ~ Liz ~ @Thatskinnychick

The Dusty Baker ~ Jacqueline ~ @dustybakergal

The More Than Occasional Baker ~ Ros ~ @bakingaddict

The Spicy RD ~ EA ~ @thespicyrd 

The Wimpy Vegetarian ~ Susan ~ @wimpyvegetarian

Vegan Yack Attack! ~ Jackie ~ @veganyackattack

Vegetarian Mamma  ~ Cindy ~ @VegetarianMamma

You Made That? ~  Suzanne ~ @YouMadeThatblog