Chocolate Brownies..... Need I say more?
They `re my ultimate cake, yes I have finally decided (for now at least) that brownies are my favoruite kind of cake. I've never been a massive sponge fan, and I'm defiantly a chocolate lover, so naturally I tend to dip towards brownies as my go-to cake when i'm out.
I've made brownies a few times myself, but never really found a recipe that worked quite right for me - until now people :)...
Ingredients:
185g Butter
185g Dark Chocolate
85g Plain Flour
40g Cocoa Powder
100g chocolate (white,milk,or dark)
3 Large Eggs
275g Caster Sugar
Method
Melt the butter and dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over some hot water (on the stove/hob) or in the microwave if you prefer. Leave the melted mixture to cool.
Preheat your oven Gas Mark 4, or 180C Line the bottom of a 20cm square tin (or the nearest size you have).
Mix together the flour and cocoa powder. In a separate bowl mix together the eggs and caster sugar. It's best to use a hand mixer/machine so the mixture becomes thick and creamy.
Poor the egg/sugar mixture into the cooled chocolate and butter. Fold in gently (I hate this bit). Chop the 100g chocolate into chunks (I use a sharp thick knife on the chopping board to do this). Sprinkle over the mixture, along with the dry ingredients and again fold.
Poor carefully into your lined tin. I topped mine with a few chopped pistachio's!
Bake for 25 minutes. (ours took a little longer as Scott kept opening the oven.... The mixture should be left a little gooey, but if its still wobbling when you take it form the oven, give it another 5 minutes or so!
This is the pretty marbling effect that happens when your 'gently' (Im so impatient with folding) the brownie mixture.
I drizzled a few chopped Pistachio nuts on the top for a little colour pop! But you could try and nut or dried fruit you fancied! Cranberries and freeze dried raspberries work great too.
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