Chocolate brownie

Easter is always a great time to cook those favourite, old chocolate recipes.  We have a couple of afternoon parties to attend and it is always better to take something home made.

Moist and yummy this is a great recipe.  You can substitute the walnut pieces for chocolate chips if you want a greater chocolate indulgence!

Ingredients:

1 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar (using castor sugar will give better texture)
3/4 cup cocoa
3 eggs
1 cup plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ tsp vanilla
1 cup choc chips or Californian walnuts chopped (don’t use the bitter ‘baking walnuts’)
Plus chocolate topping ingredients below

Method:

1. Mix together the melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar and cocoa
2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well in between.
3. Beat all together well to try to dissolve the sugar.
4. Sift plain flour and baking powder together and add to mixture
5. Mix in the vanilla and choc chips or chopped walnuts
6. Pour into a greased slice tin and bake at 160°C Fan Forced for 30 minutes max.  It will be a little soft and puffed in the centre but that is ok.

Chocolate Topping:

100gm Dark cooking chocolate
1/4 cup sour cream

1. Melt chocolate in the steam oven in a bowl covered tightly with plastic wrap @100°C for 1 minute.
2. Add sour cream and stir well until combined
3. Cool slightly and spread over cooled chocolate brownie.

Chill and slice into squares to serve 🙂

I used ‘normal white sugar’ and there was a little sugar remaining in the texture.  Some people like this in a brownie so try castor sugar and beat it well if you don’t want this.