2007-09-20 16:36:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Folklore has it that the original cook forgot to put the baking powder in the chocolate cake mix and thus made the first Brownies. So, that's probably the start. But I do know there is definitely less flour in brownies than in a chocolate cake.
2007-09-20 16:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by Rli R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A brownie has a higher density and lower moisture content. It's similar and chemically the same thing, but it "eats" different. The varieties of chocolate cake are vast. A Brownie is always a brownie.
2007-09-20 16:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by ToolManJobber 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it kind of really is a chocolate cake - but thicker and fudgier - you don't put any "rising agent" in it like baking powder or a "self raising" flour so it stays flatter and denser. A cake is expected to rise and be fluffy.
That's why brownies are SO GOOD!!
2007-09-20 16:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im pretty sure it has to do with the baking soda
notice how brownies dont rise as much as say a cake or muffin would
2007-09-20 16:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The texture for one, the taste for two. You can make brownies into cake-like. Brownies are more dense, chewy and gooey. Cakes are more moist and softer in texture.
2007-09-20 16:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by ywroseoftx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a brownie you use baking powder as a levener...in a chocolate cake you use baking soda....it helps make it light. That is the only difference between the 2.
2007-09-20 16:44:38 · answer #6 · answered by palmermom3 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
brownie is richer and greater chocolate taste...i personally like cake better because of the great chocolate frosting.
2007-09-20 16:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by starstudded07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way more proportion of egg in the batter and way less flour. Ends up more like a cookie dough than a cake batter.
2007-09-20 16:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have icing and its just..... a brownie. JEEZE WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT SO CONFUSING!!! Now I'm gonna start wondering why we call brownines brownies and not chocoalte cake =(
2007-09-20 16:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by Veronica ♥ Cobras 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is more butter, sugar, and cocoa than in a cake.
2007-09-20 16:42:30 · answer #10 · answered by Julie H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋