Monday, December 15, 2008

Chocolate Brownies






Recipe

Ingredients
Brownies:
65g butter
120g cooking chocolate (chopped)
65g brown sugar/fine sugar
4 eggs (lightly beaten)
45g milk
1/4tsp vanilla essence
110g cake flour
30g cocoa powder
1/2tsp baking soda
1/8tsp salt
50g walnuts (toasted and chopped)
35g chocolate chips

Ganache:
80g whipping cream
160g cooking chocolate (chopped)
10g butter

Steps:
Brownies:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt together and set aside.
3. Melt butter and chocolate in a double-boiler over a simmering water.
4. Remove from heat, stir in sugar until dissolved.
5. Add in milk, vanilla essence and beaten eggs.
6. Use a hand whisk, fold in the sifted flour mixture and walnuts.
7. Pour half of the batter into a 7inch lined and greased square tin.
8. Scatter the chocolate chips around and pour the remaining batter over it.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 to 35mins.
10.Remover brownies from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Ganache:
1. Melt chocolate, butter and whipping cream together in a double-boiler over a simmering water.
2. Leave to cool.

Assemble the brownies:
1. Spread the ganache on the brownies and decorate as desired.
2. Cut into small pieces and serve.

4 comments:

Kitchen Corner said...

Hi Happy Flour,
I really don't know how to praise you! The brownies looks gorgeous like the professional bake. And you cut it so nicely. By the way, can you teach me how to do the pattern on the chocolate ganache? You really got a wonderful brownies!

Happy Flour said...

Hi Kitchen Corner,

Thank for your compliment. I will post a photo of the Whipped Cream Decorating Knife.

kim said...

instead of cakeflour if we use allpurpose flor will it give same results

Happy Flour said...

Hi Kim,

It fine to used plain flour for brownies as it make no difference for brownies.