brownies-fudgey-cakey-159-d112142.jpg Credit: Bryan Gardner
Fudgy brownies have a higher fat-to-flour ratio than cakey ones. So add more fat – in this case, butter and chocolate. A cakey batch has more flour and relies on baking powder for leavening. The amount of sugar and eggs does not change whether you’re going fudgy or cakey. See the recipes below to get an idea of the ratios needed to achieve your ideal brownie. Thomas’s Cakey Brownies homemade-cakey-brownies-kc0069-4030.jpg A little less chocolate, a little less butter, but more flour yields a taller, more cakey brownie – that bakes faster than its fudgy relation. Get the Cakey Brownies Recipe Thomas’s Fudgy Brownies homemade-fudge-brownies-kc0069-0430.jpg If your batch is still not fudgy enough, gradually increase the amount of butter and chocolate, or decrease the flour. Get the Fudgy Brownies Recipe Now, watch Thomas Joseph explain the science behind the perfect brownie:
brownies-fudgey-cakey-159-d112142.jpg Credit: Bryan Gardner
brownies-fudgey-cakey-159-d112142.jpg Credit: Bryan Gardner
brownies-fudgey-cakey-159-d112142.jpg
Credit: Bryan Gardner
Fudgy brownies have a higher fat-to-flour ratio than cakey ones. So add more fat – in this case, butter and chocolate. A cakey batch has more flour and relies on baking powder for leavening. The amount of sugar and eggs does not change whether you’re going fudgy or cakey.
See the recipes below to get an idea of the ratios needed to achieve your ideal brownie.
Thomas’s Cakey Brownies
homemade-cakey-brownies-kc0069-4030.jpg
A little less chocolate, a little less butter, but more flour yields a taller, more cakey brownie – that bakes faster than its fudgy relation.
Thomas’s Fudgy Brownies
homemade-fudge-brownies-kc0069-0430.jpg
If your batch is still not fudgy enough, gradually increase the amount of butter and chocolate, or decrease the flour.
Now, watch Thomas Joseph explain the science behind the perfect brownie:
homemade-cakey-brownies-kc0069-4030.jpg
homemade-cakey-brownies-kc0069-4030.jpg
homemade-fudge-brownies-kc0069-0430.jpg
homemade-fudge-brownies-kc0069-0430.jpg
