I think brownies may just be my favourite type of cake, which could be down to the fact that they are so chocolatey and I have a very big sweet tooth! 😀 I have tried many different recipes over the years and I think this one I put together makes the most delicious, perfect chocolate brownies.
Ingredients:
- 180g butter
- 180g dark chocolate (I used Cadbury Bournville as I find it less bitter than other dark chocolates, which I prefer as I dislike dark chocolate)
- 150g light brown muscovado sugar
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp Madagascan vanilla natural extract
- 70g plain flour
- 50g coco powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
Cooking instructions:
- First put the butter and chocolate in a bowl and place over a saucepan of boiling water. Keep stirring until everything has melted then take off the heat and leave to cool.
- While the chocolate mixture is cooling, beat the eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- In another bowl sift the flour, coco powder and baking powder together and mix.
- Once the chocolate mixture is completely cooled gradually fold into the egg and sugar mixture (fold rather than mix to keep as much air in the egg mixture as possible).
- Next add the vanilla and gently fold in.
- Gradually sift in the flour mixture and again gently fold in.
- Pour the mixture into a cake tin (mine was approx. 20 cm square tin and I lined it with baking paper) and place into the oven to cook at 180˚C for approximately 20 minutes or until cooked.
- Once cooked, leave to cool in the tin first then transfer onto a cooling rack. Once cooled it’s ready to be cut and eaten.
I just made plain chocolate brownies but you can also add chocolate chips or nuts if that how you prefer your brownies. These are absolutely delicious and I have a hard time not eating them all as soon as they come out of the oven! Thank you for reading and feel free to leave me a comment if you have any questions 🙂
Paper and Pan 