Sunday 21 June 2009

Chocolate Brownies


Sorry for the complete lack of updates! Life has been getting me down, too much stuff to do! In times of trouble mother chocolate comes to me, whispering words of wisdom; chocolate brownies!
This is the perfect summer recipe to cheer you up and get that holiday high!

Chocolate Brownies
175 grams of Cake Flour
1/2 a teaspoon of salt
150 grams of butter (chopped up roughly)
150 grams of cooking chocolate (chopped up roughly)
200 grams of sugar
4 eggs
a teaspoon of Vanilla sugar

Prehead the oven to 180 degrees celsius or 375 degrees fahrenheit. Stir the dry ingredients -the flour and salt but not the sugar- together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl put the cooking chocolate and butter, then place the bowl of chocolate and butter into a larger bowl full of hot water to make a water bath. Make sure none of the water gets into the chocolate and butter mixture. Use a spatula to gently move the chocolate and butter around to ensure everything is melted. Mix in the sugar gently to the chocolate mixture allow to cool slightly. Fold the chocolate mixture into the flour slowly making sure that everything is combined well. Allow to cool again. Add in the eggs and vanilla sugar when the mixture is at room temperature, if the mixture is still hot the eggs might get cooked a little too soon!
Pour the mixture into a baking tray and bake for around 25 minutes or until done, you can check its done my poking it with a fork, the tines should come out clean. Or for soft gooey brownies take the brownies out of the oven when the center isnt quite cooked yet.

With any left over melted chocolate, drizzle over the top for decoration, because these brownies are fairly rich and dont need frosting!
Now if you dont mind I am going to pop down to the shops and get some Vanilla ice cream to go with the glorious chocolate brownies!
Have fun!

1 comment:

Camilla said...

looks absolutely yummy!
i'm definitely gonna make it for m dad's birthday or something.. maybe with my mom, to spend some quality time :)
the nicest place for me and my mom to do that, is in the kitchen, weirdly enough. i love cooking, but hate eating.

must be different with this yummy cake!!
thanks for sharing!
love,
Camila