BEST EVER CHOCOLATE BROWNIES RECIPE | BBC GOOD FOOD
A foolproof brownie recipe for a squidgy chocolate bake. Watch our recipe video to help you get a perfect traybake every time.
Provided by Orlando Murrin
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat
Total Time 1 hours
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Yield Cuts into 16 squares or 32 triangles
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cut 185g unsalted butter into small cubes and tip into a medium bowl. Break 185g dark chocolate into small pieces and drop into the bowl.
- Fill a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water, then sit the bowl on top so it rests on the rim of the pan, not touching the water. Put over a low heat until the butter and chocolate have melted, stirring occasionally to mix them.
- Remove the bowl from the pan. Alternatively, cover the bowl loosely with cling film and put in the microwave for 2 minutes on High. Leave the melted mixture to cool to room temperature.
- While you wait for the chocolate to cool, position a shelf in the middle of your oven and turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
- Using a shallow 20cm square tin, cut out a square of non-stick baking parchment to line the base. Tip 85g plain flour and 40g cocoa powder into a sieve held over a medium bowl. Tap and shake the sieve so they run through together and you get rid of any lumps.
- Chop 50g white chocolate and 50g milk chocolate into chunks on a board.
- Break 3 large eggs into a large bowl and tip in 275g golden caster sugar. With an electric mixer on maximum speed, whisk the eggs and sugar. They will look thick and creamy, like a milk shake. This can take 3-8 minutes, depending on how powerful your mixer is. You’ll know it’s ready when the mixture becomes really pale and about double its original volume. Another check is to turn off the mixer, lift out the beaters and wiggle them from side to side. If the mixture that runs off the beaters leaves a trail on the surface of the mixture in the bowl for a second or two, you’re there.
- Pour the cooled chocolate mixture over the eggy mousse, then gently fold together with a rubber spatula. Plunge the spatula in at one side, take it underneath and bring it up the opposite side and in again at the middle. Continue going under and over in a figure of eight, moving the bowl round after each folding so you can get at it from all sides, until the two mixtures are one and the colour is a mottled dark brown. The idea is to marry them without knocking out the air, so be as gentle and slow as you like.
- Hold the sieve over the bowl of eggy chocolate mixture and resift the cocoa and flour mixture, shaking the sieve from side to side, to cover the top evenly.
- Gently fold in this powder using the same figure of eight action as before. The mixture will look dry and dusty at first, and a bit unpromising, but if you keep going very gently and patiently, it will end up looking gungy and fudgy. Stop just before you feel you should, as you don’t want to overdo this mixing.
- Finally, stir in the white and milk chocolate chunks until they’re dotted throughout.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin, scraping every bit out of the bowl with the spatula. Gently ease the mixture into the corners of the tin and paddle the spatula from side to side across the top to level it.
- Put in the oven and set your timer for 25 mins. When the buzzer goes, open the oven, pull the shelf out a bit and gently shake the tin. If the brownie wobbles in the middle, it’s not quite done, so slide it back in and bake for another 5 minutes until the top has a shiny, papery crust and the sides are just beginning to come away from the tin. Take out of the oven.
- Leave the whole thing in the tin until completely cold, then, if you’re using the brownie tin, lift up the protruding rim slightly and slide the uncut brownie out on its base. If you’re using a normal tin, lift out the brownie with the foil. Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into four squares and finally into triangles.
- They’ll keep in an airtight container for a good two weeks and in the freezer for up to a month.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 150 calories, FatContent 9 grams fat, SaturatedFatContent 5 grams saturated fat, CarbohydrateContent 15 grams carbohydrates, SugarContent 12 grams sugar, FiberContent 1 grams fiber, ProteinContent 2 grams protein, SodiumContent 0.04 milligram of sodium
THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER RECIPE - FOOD.COM
My grandmother taught me how to make this cake. This is the most moist chocolate cake I have ever tasted. It was my dad's favorite and now it is my husband's favorite too. The first 11 ingredients are for the cake and the last 6 are for the icing.
Total Time 1 hours
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Yield 1 2 layer cake, 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Sift together dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat for 2 more minutes. Batter will be thin.
- Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
- Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes.
- Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
- To make the icing, combine the milk and flour in a saucepan and cook until thick, stirring often to prevent it from being lumpy. Cover and refrigerate until cool.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
- Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
- Frost cake after is it completely cool.
- Refrigerate cake until just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 775, FatContent 45.2, SaturatedFatContent 13.2, CholesterolContent 68.4, SodiumContent 642.9, CarbohydrateContent 90.2, FiberContent 3, SugarContent 60.3, ProteinContent 7.5
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