This is Dorie Greenspan’s Caramel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake, this week’s recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie. It should come with a warning. Something like, “WARNING: Eating caramel-peanut topping pulled from cake may result in muffin-top and/or spontaneous appearance of third buttock.”

It’s not that this is a decadent cake. If the caramel-peanut topping were a designer dress, the brownie cake would be its anatomically-vague, department store mannequin. It’s plain. And the dip in its center looks like a mistake, but it’s there for a purpose: to keep the topping from sliding off. Because once you remove the first slice, an avalanche of sticky gooey crunchy goodness starts sliding in to fill the gap. And it is HARD not to grab a spoon and start cleaning the plate a little. OK, a lot. A filthy gluttonous lot.

Now, I’m thinking that if Dorie had ever tried a Goo-Goo Cluster, she would have added a layer of marshmallow fluff between the cake and the topping. Note to self: OMG!

For the recipe, visit Tammy of Wee Treats by Tammy.