Brownie: Cake or Cookie

Whenever I say my new students in institute whether they like brownies, everyone says ‘yes’ in a moment. Then my next question is what is difference between a cake, and brownie? And as usual most of them does not know the difference.

So today I am here to discuss with you each n every aspect about brownie & how is it different from a cake.

Technically speaking Brownie is a bar cookie, like Lemon bar. It can be considered as a cross between the cake and the soft cookie in relation to texture. So, it is neither a cake nor a cookie, it is somewhat on the middle between cake and cookie.

Brownies do have same ingredients as in the chocolate cake. The only difference you will find is chocolate cake have baking powder or baking soda whereas brownies does not have any chemical leavening agent thats why brownies are dense, fudgy and chocolaty as compared to cake. A cake would always have a leavening agent or the eggs would be foamed up to act as a leavening agent.This makes the cake spongy and soft and gives it a smooth texture.The eggs would be whisked up if the cake does not have a leavening agent and creamed up if the cake contains a leavening agent. A brownie would not have any kind of leavening agent added to it.The eggs added to it are beaten rather than whisked or aerated and that gives the brownie its typical texture.

Another difference, which sets the two apart is the method used to mix them. Brownies contain melted butter, whereas cake contains room temperature butter. Cakes require using the creaming process. This process is the incorporation of air into the butter and sugar, which acts as a natural leavening agent. Melted Butter with sugar doesn’t give this effect, as the liquid fat coats the sugar instead. 

Brownies contains a higher percentage of sugar as compared to cakes.The butter in a brownie would be melted along with chocolate rather than aerated as in a cake and that gives a brownie its gooey ,fudgy texture that make you go on and on.

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