Raspberry Mocha Brownies

Brownie Batter:
9 tablespoons cocoa powder mixed in 3 tablespoon melted butter (allegedly the heat brings out the best cocoa flavor)
2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup soft butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
½ cup raspberries

Baked at 350 degrees in a 9x13'' cake pan for about half an hour

Based on the recipe found here, and my Chelsea's mom's recipe for texas sheetcake brownies.

 Directions

• Mix Flour, Sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl
• Beat 4 eggs and add vanilla and 1/2 cup of raspberries.
• Melt 3tbsp butter and mix in the cocoa powder and instant coffee
• Slowly mix the eggs+vanilla+raspberries with the mocha butter, and mix this into the large bowl with the dry ingredients 
• Bake for 30 minutes in a 9x13x2'' pan

Vanilla Raspberry Butter Cream Icing
1 lbs powdered sugar
1 stick of butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp of milk (I used 2%, but we use buttermilk or coffee cream or skim here sometimes as well)
About a handful of fresh raspberries

Directions

• Mash up the raspberries in a bowl.  Typically I use about 10, but you can use less or more and still get some nice raspberry flavor to come through :)
• Melt down the butter in a microwave safe container, beat in with the powdered sugar and vanilla.
• Slowly add in the milk and raspberries, stopping early if the consistency of the frosting is desired.  If you add too much at once, you can add more powdered sugar to make up for it.

[side note]
After having had my previous attempt at raspberry mocha brownies described as my best baking experiment yet, I've decided to record what I'm doing, that way I can go back and understand why an experiment succeeded or failed.  This is a re-hash of some brownies that my co-workers and Chelsea loved a few weeks back, but they were baked in a much thinner pan, and i didn't record exact amounts of cocoa substitutions I used (it was a little more than goes into a sheetcake, but less than the 9 tbsp I went with here.  It was also a different brand :)

Next: Chocolate Chip Punkin' Sheet Cake :D