Dear Freddie Followers,
Feeding Peggy and Judy brain healthy food is my mission. They are getting old . . .er and need all the encouragement they can get from me to eat healthy. I have a lot of recipes and let them pick which ones they want me to make for them.
I suspect they choose chocolate so they could have it all to themselves.* They insist chocolate is not healthy for me . . . just for them . . .
I tweaked the original recipe to make it even MORE tasty.
Espresso Brownie Cake
Cinnamon – contains large amounts of highly potent polyphenol antioxidants.
Different groups of researchers have shown that cinnamon may prevent the formation of both the plaques and the tangles found in the Alzheimer’s brain.
Dark chocolate & Cocoa – rich in flavonoids compounds that have been linked to improved cognitive performance in older adults. Studies have shown that cocoa flavanols improve performance in healthy adults during sustained mental effort and may also protect against stroke.
A single cup of coffee contains:
- Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 11% of the RDA.
- Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5): 6% of the RDA.
- Manganese and Potassium: 3% of the RDA.
- Magnesium and Niacin (B3): 2% of the RDA.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (I didn’t have enough butter so I added coconut butter)
- 1/2 cup strong coffee (I didn’t have espresso coffee so I made it twice)
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened organic cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup buttermilk (I didn’t have buttermilk, so I made sour milk adding a tsp of white vinegar to the milk.)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped dark chocolate (I didn’t have enough dark chocolate so I added semi-sweet)
- Heat oven to 400. Spray an 8 or 9 inch square pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl
- Heat butter, espresso, and cocoa in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Pour cocoa mixture over flour and sugar and mix.
- Add buttermilk, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and cinnamon and mix to combine.
- Stir in chocolate pieces.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Garnish with powdered sugar before serving if desired.
P.S. Peggy and Judy said the cake was good but after eating several pieces decided it needed more chocolate chips. So they poured chocolate chips over the cake.
P.P.S. Peggy and Judy said the cake was good but after eating several pieces with the extra chocolate chips decided it needed ice cream. I’m afraid there wasn’t enough brain healthy cinnamon or coffee in the cake because they went to the store to buy ice-cream and haven’t been seen since.
*P.P.P.S. I found crumbs on the floor (it’s humiliating what I have to endure) and thought it delicious. You can eat it on a plate with a fork but I recommend using just your tongue.
Here’s recipe site . . . https://www.brainhq.com/brain-resources/brain-healthy-foods-nutrition/brain-healthy-recipes/espresso-brownie-cake
MAXyourMIND 
Thank you Freddie for the information and the recipe. I will try to make the espresso brownie cake. Yum. Are Judy and Peggy back from the store yet? They have been gone for a long time.
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Linda,
We did make it back!! We are cooking up more recipes, so stay tuned. We might even cook something Freddie can taste!
Peggy
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Dear Linda T, Human-being,
Judy and Peggy are cruel. They FORCED me to pose for the pictures and DEMANDED that I look interested in the brownie cake, then would not let me have even a “lick” and ate it all themselves. Meowie may have said in her reply that they might – MIGHT – cook something I can taste . . . I’m still waiting . . .
Patiently yours,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, PCD
Patient Canine Dog
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And I didn’t get invited over? I’m known world wide as the best taster tester ever! What the….? I’m insulted. The next batch is for me.
For scientific purposes only, of course. I just want to make sure no one comes down with icthioaviarysystemicmysmosis. Sheesh – what I have to do to protect my friends!
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Sharon,
i am not even going to TRY to copy that word. It sure sounds like something I do not want to get!! We better have you taste things! FIRST!
Peggy
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So funny. Some days chocolate is the only solution for me. In fact, I think you just crumbled my resolve. What the heck, time for a little chocolate.
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Dear United Sue, human-being,
Some days chocolate is the only solution except when you are a canine dog and then it is a final solution.
Frankly,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, RCE
Resolve Crumbler Expert
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I love coffee chemical break-down. Thanks.
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Dear Joel, Human-Being,
You are very welcome. I would prefer recipes that I can eat but my humans seem to obsessed with chocolate and other human foods. I must admit that I, too, am obsessed with human food.
Frankly,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, HFC
Human Food Connoisseur
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