The brownie is cake like!

...too bad I over-swirled the peanut butter and reduced the sugar too much.  Beautiful texture - on the inside - but the outside bubbled and cracked, and the flavour was extremely bland.  The result?  Into the composting bin...

The road to cake is paved with brownies...

I cannot bake cakes.  If my life depended on me making a cake that didn't resemble a brick, I'd be in deep trouble.  I don't know if it's because I over or under beat the eggs - I've done both - but my cakes never turn out.  So a few months ago,  I decided I'd take a step back and try something in between a cookie and a cake.

The answer?  Brownies.  And who better than Martha Stewart (crazy, high-strung perfectionist that she is) to teach me about brownies?

To date, I've made cake brownies, fudge brownies (the fact that there are different types of brownies was news to me), rocky road brownies (they were either extremely loved or met with lukewarm enthusiasm), and something called blondies.  Today, I tried making peanut butter brownies.  (The recipe can be found here.)

As I type this, I am waiting for the brownies to bake.  The house smells like a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup - flavourful chocolate mixed with peanut butter.

I'll write a follow-up post to let everyone know how it goes.  Hopefully it'll turn out - bringing me one step closer to successfully baking a cake.  Stay-tuned.