Tuesdays with Dorie: Cherry-Fudge Brownie Torte

April of Short + Rose decided on Dorie's Cherry-Fudge Brownie Torte for TWD this week. I posted in the TWD P & Qs that I would probably change the recipe a little, to suit us. Since this reminded me of a Black Forest Cake I made for my Dad’s Bday once,
I didn't want to use dried cherries, instead I used Trader Joe’s Morello Cherries (YUM!) in the jar (plus dried cherries doesn’t appeal to me with the fancy cream topping), and instead of Kirsch (no liquor here), I used some of the juice from the jar and with the jam, I let it boil a little. I also instead of paying $4+ for a little thing of mascarpone, I made some faux mascarpone found here.

This came out pretty good! Very rich though. I loved the cherries in this, it kept it moist. No one ever knew there was fresh ground pepper in it either! Yeah, pepper! I only used 2 cranks of my mill so I used even less than Dorie called for. The topping was nice too and tasted great. In fact, it sort of reminded me of these other TWD brownies, Espresso Cheesecake Brownies.

enjoy,