They are smooth and creamy and absolutely perfect.

The last Monday of the month is here again, and with it comes the much anticipated  reveal day for the members of Group D in The Secret Recipe Club.  For those who don’t know,  each month we are assigned (in secret) a blog to cook from.  We “stalk” the blog, pick a recipe, cook it, write a blog about it, and set it to go live at exactly the same time on reveal day.  This month my blog was Sweetly Serendipity, hosted by the beautiful Taryn, a baking goddess who lives in Boston and dreams of opening her own bakery some day. Yeap, that’s how serious she is. Once I started browsing her site and noticing the profusion of cakes, some extremely involved, I felt a bit uneasy.  For instance, I was smitten by  this cake, but it will have to wait for a less chaotic time in my life.  I kept on browsing her recipes, until I got to “mascarpone brownies”.  Simply scrumptious.  This is what she had to say about them:

It’s kind of like eating a dense chocolate souffle — their texture is light and airy, but the flavors are deep and delicious. They satisfy every feeling, and shower your mouth with a tantalizing array of sensations. They are smooth and creamy and absolutely perfect.

I had to bake a batch! ;-)
             

MASCARPONE BROWNIES(from Sweetly Serendipity)

for the brownies
1 cup unsalted butter
3 ounces  semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
3 large eggs, at room-temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt