2nd Annual Academy Awards Party

We had so much fun celebrating the Academy Awards last year, we decided to do it again. (http://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2018/03/academy-award-party.html) The kids love to dress up and do "interviews" on the Red Carpet. This year we made Red Velvet "Carpet" Brownies and a trophy cheese bread.

Red Velvet Brownies

Ingredients: 

4 eggs

2 sticks butter, melted

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt

red food gel coloring

1 1/2 tsp vinegar

1 1/2 cups flour

Swirl Ingredients:

1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg yolk

1/2 tsp vanilla

Beat the eggs with a fork in a small bowl. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, place the melted butter, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, red food coloring, and vinegar. Mix that well. 

Whisk in the eggs. Fold in the flour until it is just mixed. 

Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 inch pan, leaving out about 1/2 cup of the batter to place on the top of the swirl mixture. 

Make the swirl: Use a mixer to beat the cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, egg yolk, and 1/2 tsp of vanilla in a bowl. 

Place spoonfuls of the mixture on top of the brownie batter that is in the pan. Add the remaining batter on top of that. Use a knife to swirl the mixture together. 

Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. 

Cool before cutting. 

We had fun using the photo board trophy we created last year too.